Kings and Rulers
This is the name used for Egyptian Kings during the New Kingdom
What is Pharoah?
This level of the social pyramid had the least number of people in it
What is Pharaoh?
This river ran through Ancient Egypt
What is the Nile?
Three things considered a legacy of Ancient Egypt
What is hieroglyphics, medicine, surgery, 365 day calendar, area/volume in geometry, decimals and fractions, pyramids?
Body of a pharaoh embalmed for the afterlife
What is a mummy?
This Egyptian became Pharoah as a young boy
Who is King Tut (or Tutankhamen)?
This lowest level of the Social Hierarchy had the most people in it; without them, the society could not have survived
Who are the farmers/servants?
The name of the region that was south of Egypt
What is Nubia?
Ancient Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
Most powerful Egyptian god, god of the Sun, who controlled day and night
Who is Re?
First well-known female ruler
Who is Hatshepsut?
This level on the social hierarchy is the only one who could move up the pyramid and even become Pharaoh (besides the Pharaoh's family)
What is scribe?
Two reasons the Nile allowed Ancient Egypt to survive and thrive
What is annual flooding brought silt for soil to grow things, and the Nile was a transportation and trade route?
Reed plant used to make baskets and paper, among other things
What is papyrus?
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
The benefit of being a scribe
What is Scribes were well-respected, powerful, and well-paid after 5 years of rigorous training?
Wild rapids along the Nile River were created by these
What are cataracts?
Builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Who is King Khufu?
These two things might be buried with a Pharaoh.
What is jewelry, art, cats, food, furniture, canopic jar with organs?
Pharoah who united Ancient Egypt
Who is Menes?
These were the government leaders who worked under Pharaoh
What are the Viziers?
This land lay to the west of Egypt providing a natural barrier against enemy invasions
What is the desert? (What is the Western Desert or the Sahara Desert)
This stele was discovered in 1799 and helped historians read hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This god would eat your soul if you were bad in life. He is represented by a crocodile head on a lion's body
Who is Ammit?