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Pharaoh
Vocabulary
Geography
Pyramid Builders
The New Kingdom
100
The Pharaoh was thought to be one of these
What is a god?
100
A person whose job was to write and keep records
What is a scribe?
100
The Nile River did this every summer, leaving behind fertile soil that was good for crops
What is flood it's banks?
100
The Great Pyramid took about this long to build.
What is 20 years?
100
This queen was the first woman to rule as pharaoh and expanded Egypt through trade.
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
200
This Pharaoh had the Great Pyramid built to be his tomb
Who was Khufu?
200
A paper like material made from a reed of the same name.
What is papyrus?
200
A waterfall
What is a cataract?
200
The first kind of pyramid built in Egypt was this kind.
What is a step pyramid?
200
Tutankhamen, the boy Pharaoh, did this to the religion of Egypt
What is returned to the old ways
300
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
300
To preserve a body after death
What is embalm?
300
The land along the Nile River was called ________land, while the _________ land was the barren desert beyond the fertile region.
What is black land and red land?
300
This was the only organ not removed from a mummy, since it would be needed to judge him/her in the afterlife.
What is the heart?
300
Egypt began it's decline after the death of this Pharaoh, whose rule was mostly peaceful and prosperous.
Who was Ramses II?
400
Akhenaton made these two changes to the beliefs and practices of Egypt.
What is that he declared there to be one god and had artists create realistic work.
400
The order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne
What is succession?
400
This part of Egypt was to the north.
What is lower Egypt?
400
This is the reason that Pharaoh's stopped building pyramids.
What are grave robbers?
400
During the New Kingdom, the capital city moved south of Memphis to this city. (Not Akhetaton)
What is Thebes.
500
Ramses II lead an army into battle against this group, signed a treaty with them, then reigned in peace.
Who are the Hittites?
500
A four sided shaft with a pyramid shaped top
What is an obelisk?
500
This city came to exist to support the laborers who were building the Great Pyramid.
What is Giza.
500
During the New Kingdom, Pharaohs started building secret tombs in an area known as this
What is The Valley of the Gods?
500
This nomadic people invaded Egypt. They were driven eventually driven out of Egypt, which started The New Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos