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Pharaohs
Legacies
Social Pyramid
Geography
Vocabulary
100
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
100
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
100
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
100

the southern area of ancient Egypt

What is Upper Egypt?

100

a wrapped body preserved for the afterlife

What is a mummy?

200

a pharaoh who ruled on behalf of her stepson and then took all the power for herself

Who is Hatshepsut?

200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the slaves?
200

the direction the Nile flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt

What is North?

200
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
300

a popular pharaoh because she embraced Egyptian culture and the country was prosperous during her rule

Who is Cleopatra?

300
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300

The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

Who are farmers and merchants?

300

a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt

What is silt?

300

a temporary ruler

What is a regent?

400
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
400

the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.

Who are the scribes?

400

the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

What is the royal family?

400

fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water

What is a Delta?

400

a series of rulers from the same family

What is a dynasty?

500

the pharaoh who tried to overthrow the old gods in favor of only 1 god

Who is Akhenaten?

500

an oval frame which surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or royal person

What is a cartouche?

500

the three groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

Who are the royal family, priests/scribes and farmers/merchants?

500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500

creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human

What is a sphinx?