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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 was found in the Valley of the Kings 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 rich soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt. A Large waterfall.
What is silt? What is cataract?
100
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
200
The First female Pharaoh; Egyptian trade flourished under her rule
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
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water. (mouth of the river)
What is a Delta?
200
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
300
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
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.
What is the farmers?
300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services. (Determines the wealth of a nation)
What is economy?
400
This Pharaoh extended the Egyptian territory to include Nubia and created the first peace treaty.
Who is Ramses the Great or Ramses II
400
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, whose job was to record
Who are scribes?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the priests and government officials?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
This was used to decipher hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Narmer?
500
The study of astronomy (the stars) led to the creation of this.
What is the calendar?
500
a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
What is an artisan?
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold and trade networks.
What is Nubia?
500
the joining of separate parts into one.
What is unification?