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Vocabulary
Geography
Early Egyptian Life
Egyptian History
Misc.
100
The ruler of Ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
100
flows north.
What is the direction of the flow of the Nile river?
100
King who united Lower and Upper Egypt.
Who is Menes?
100
Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
What are the three main periods of Egyptian History?
100
Developed system of surveying land Surveying land led to Geometry Development of astronomy Development of building techniques
What are scientific accomplishments?
200
A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government.
What is an empire?
200
Mediterranean Sea to the North Libyan Desert to the West Nubian Desert to the Southeast Red Sea to the East 6 Cataracts in southern part of Nile
What are the natural barriers that protect Egypt?
200
Two kingdoms of Egypt.
What is Lower and Upper Egypt?
200
1370 BC Amenhotep IV/Ahkenaten rises to power 1200’s BC rule of Ramses II King Tut ruled for around 10 years.
What is New Kingdom?
200
Recorded history, kept records, social mobility
What is a scribe?
300
The watering if land by means of canals or pipes
What is irrigation?
300
Forced Egyptians to develop _______ systems to create more fertile land.
What is irrigation?
300
Slab of black rock carved in three languages
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
New capital Thebes in upper (southern) Egypt ~1600 BC ruler becomes known as the pharaoh
What is the Middle Kingdom?
300
The preservation of the body for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
400
The joining of separate parts into one.
What is unification?
400
The Nile River served as a _________.
What is a highway?
400
Egyptians created ________ to record religious rituals.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
Strong monarchs Tasks delegated to many gov’t officials Pyramids under construction
What is the Old Kingdom?
400
Ra, Osiris, Isis, Set
What are the Egyptian gods?
500
a very fertile, flat land made or silt left behind as a river drains into a lather body of water.
What is a delta?
500
____ grew along the banks of the river; Egyptians used it to make paper.
What is papyrus?
500
a culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning, and government
What is civilization?
500
Early Egyptian female ruler.
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
A person’s social position and occupation determined at birth
What is social class?