Vocabulary
A large continuous expanse of land
What is a continent?
Early settlement of Egypt was influenced by these 3 factors.
What are water, topography, and vegetation?
Pharaohs were responsible for all the people and the lands because pharaohs thought themselves to be this.
What are gods?
The Egyptian society was structured in this shape.
What is a pyramid?
This social class was at the bottom of the social pyramid.
Who are peasants?
A ruler of Ancient Egypt?
What is a pharaoh?
This physical feature was the most important to ancient Egypt and Kush.
What is the Nile River?
Pharaoh Khufu was best known for building this structure.
What is the Great Pyramid or the Pyramid of Giza?
This person was at the top of the social structure.
Who is the pharaoh?
This class of people dealt with burials and religious ceremonies.
Who are priests?
The shape and elevation of surface features.
This factor was the most important of the 3 factors influencing settlement.
What is water?
This pharaoh was best known for Egyptian literature and religious architecture.
Who is Senusret?
Most people belonged to the same social class as their __________.
What are parents?
This class of of people was directly below the pharaoh.
Who are government officials?
A group in society ranked by wealth, property, and rights.
What is social class?
This physical feature provided protection to the ancient Egyptians from invaders.
What are deserts?
Ramses is known for writing the first one of these.
What is a peace treaty?
This class of people were Egypt's highly skilled laborers.
Who are artisans?
This class of people was the only class that could rise above their parents level.
An Egyptian system of writing that used symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
On the northern border of Egypt was the Mediterranean Sea. Even though it didn't provide drinking water, it did provide this.
What is fish or seafood?
This kingdom of Egypt was known as the Period of Reunification
What is the middle kingdom?
Priests used this process to prepare bodies for the afterlife.
What is embalming or mummification?
The work of the peasants centered around the 3 seasons of this?
What is the Nile River?