Vocabulary
A triangular shaped building.
What is a pyramid?
Pharaoh's were buried in tombs and pyramids anything they might need in ________________.
What is the afterlife?
This body of water floods each year, providing fertile soil to farmers.
What is The Nile?
This person took Hatshepsut's place and tried to destroy any statues that represented her.
Who is Thutmose III
This person conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.
Who is Alexander the Great?
A family of rulers is called this.
What is a dynasty?
Only the royal or extremely wealthy were able to have this done to them.
What is be mummified?
The Nile drains into this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This social class contained the most people in Ancient Egypt.
What is the lower class / the peasants?
She started her rule as a regent and died mysteriously after a very successful turn as Pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This person rules in place of a younger person until they are old enough to take over.
What is a regent?
This goddess was considered the protector of all children.
Who is Isis?
To the east of the Nile is which body of water?
What is the Red Sea?
The social class beneath the pharaoh would have some of these people in it.
Who are government officials, noblemen, members of the Pharaoh's court, scribes, etc.
This group was the first African to use iron to create tools and weapons.
Who are the Nubians?
Reed-like plants that were used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
Who is Akhenaten?
These streams that form a triangle and drain into the sea are called...
What is The Nile Delta?
During this kingdom, the pyramids of Giza were built.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This guy was the inventor of the step-pyramid.
Who is Imhotep?
A symbol that represents a sound, idea, or word.
What is a hieroglyph?
This was the god of the living and the dead.
Who is Osiris?
These rock-filled rapids in the river made it difficult (or impossible) to travel through them by boat.
What are cataracts?
During this Kingdom, art and literature flourish.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
By studying this, Ancient Egyptians were able to figure out the timing of the flooding of the Nile.
What is the stars or astronomy?