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
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
100

A section of the Nile River where the water becomes shallow and fast-flowing due to rocky rapids.

What is cataracts?

200

What Pharaoh dressed as a man even wearing a false beard

Who is Hatshepsut?

200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200

What is considered to be the lower class on the social pyramid for Ancient Egypt

What are farmers and unskilled workers?

200
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
200
a pole with a bucket attached used to transfer water from a river to a storage bin.


What is shadoof?

300

Who ruled for over 60 years

Who is Ramses II?

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

What is considered to be the Upper class on the social pyramid for Ancient Egypt. (There are four groups of people)

What are Nobles, Priests, scribes, and government officials?

300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300

What is the material burned for it’s pleasant smell.

What is incense?

400

This Pharaoh tried to erase their stepmother’s name from history

Who is Thutmose III?

400

The people who went to school to learn to read and write in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.

Who are boys/scribes?

400

What is considered to be the middle class on the social pyramid for Ancient Egypt. (There are three groups of people)

What are artisans, shopkeepers, and traders?

400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400

A process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

What is embalming?

500

The sun god Aten was worshipped during whose reign

Who is Akhenaten?

500
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
500

Who were the earliest rulers in Ancient Egypt before the Pharoah

What are village chiefs?

500

The Nile River begins as two separate rivers, what are the names of the rivers?

What is Blue Nile and the White Nile?

500

Egyptians studied this material for its prayers and magical spells to prepare for the afterlife.

What is the Book of the Dead?