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Mish Mosh
Mish Mosh 2
100
To water their newly planted crops, Egypt’s farmers used a form of technology called
What is irrigation?
100
the world’s largest river that is more than 4,000 miles long
What is the Nile River?
100
a reed plant that grows along the Nile used to make a kind of paper
What is papyrus?
100
a young Pharaoh who ruled from the time he was 9 years old, until he died at about age 19.
Who was Tutankhamun? (King Tut)
100
The practice of one person owning another person
What is slavery?
200
A very fertile, flat fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
200
The delta is called this because it is the downstream part of the Nile River.
What is Lower Egypt?
200
writers who traveled throughout Egypt to keep records of details great and small.
What are scribes?
200
She was one of the few female rulers
Who was Hapshepsut?
200
this person was at the TOP of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt
Who was the Pharaoh?
300
a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock that is deposited during floods.
What is silt?
300
Egypt is located on this continent
What is Africa?
300
the way people manage money and resources
What is economy?
300
a coffin that Pharaohs were buried in
What is a sarcophagus?
300
These people were at the bottom of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt.
Who were the slaves?
400
The rulers of Egypt were called this
What are Pharaohs?
400
You would travel in this direction to get from the Red Sea to the Nile River
What is WEST?
400
a system of writing developed by the Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
These were wrapped in cloth and covered with masks before being put in coffins
What are mummies?
400
average weight was 2.5 tons
What were the block used to make pyramids?
500
the joining of separate parts into one
What is unification?
500
the largest fertile region along the Nile is in this area
What is Lower Egypt?
500
a group of people who go on a trip for a set reason
What is an expedition?
500
The shape of Egyptian society was known as this
What is a social pyramid?
500
farmers, craft workers, artisans, scribes
What are jobs held by Ancient Egyptians?