Vocabulary
line of rulers from one family.
Dynasty
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
Nubia comes from the Egyptian word for what?
Gold
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called
Irrigation
process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying.
Embalming
a female pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Peasants
List 2 important natural resources from Kush
What is gold, timber, ivory, ebony, leather, iron?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water from a river to a storage bin.
Shadoof
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
The group that is immediately above the peasants on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are artisans?
What is the capital of Kush
Meroe
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Heiroglyphics?
area formed by soil deposits that build up as the river slows down.
Delta
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
What is a Kandake?
a female Kushite leader
These were built as the burial places for the Pharaohs
Pyramids
wild rapids
What are cataracts
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
List all the social classes in order.
What is Pharaohs, Government Officials, Priests, Scribes, Artisans, and Peasants.
What factor allowed Kush to conquer Egypt?
Egypt became weak and unstable due to political chaos
Who could only go to school to become a scribe?
Boys