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Vocabulary
Social Class
Nile River
Writing
Randon Items
100
A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water
What is Cataract
100
Workers who farmed the land, built roads and temples
Who are Peasants
100
a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water
What is Delta
100
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
What is hieroglyphics
100
Toward the end of this Kingdom, the government became weak and divided
What is Old Kingdom
200
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
What is regent
200
Absolute ruler
Who is Pharaoh
200
An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan
What is Nubia
200
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile Delta
What is papyrus
200
This region became rich when the Nubians took control over the trade routes by using iron weapons
What is Meroe
300
A life after death
What is afterlife
300
Nobles, priests, members of pharaoh's court
Who is the Upper Class
300
The region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts
What is Upper Nubia
300
The ancient Egyptians began to use hieroglyphs to keep track of the kingdom's____________
What is growing wealth
300
The greatet achievement of this pharaoh was uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
What is Menes
400
A dead body preserved in lifelike condition
What is mummy
400
Skilled workers, merchants
Who is the Middle Class
400
The regionof ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts
What is Lower Nubia
400
This plant was used to creating paper
What is papyrus
400
These ancient Egyptians studied the stars to predict the flooding of the Nile River
Who are astronomers
500
A worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand\
What is artisan
500
Made up the largest group on the pyramid
Who are the peasants
500
Fine soil found on river bottoms
What is silt
500
Hieroglyphics were not intended to be used like our alphabet, the pictures represented this instead
What is sound
500
A mineral or a combination of minerals minded for the production of metals
What is ore