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Pyramids Egyptian
Egyptian
Egypt
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Rulers
Geography Vocabulary Category!
Facts
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He united Upper
and Lower Egypt
and was the first
King to wear a
double crown
Narmer
This leader conquered
the fertile crescent,
and made a giant
statue of 4 of himself
at Abu Simbel
Ramses the Great
(II)
Female Pharaoh who
ruled for her stepson,
was killed, and
erased from history
by the stepson
Hatshepsut
This ruler took over
for Hatshepsut… well,
he kind of maybe had
her killed because he
thought he should be
pharaoh
Thutmose III
King who got rid of
all gods but the
Sun God, and was
killed as a result
Akhenaton
The name of the
white, salty mixture
used to help
mummify people
Natron
Where the organs
of a mummy are
stored
Canopic Jars
These three types
of people became
mummies
Kings, nobles, and
the wealthy
Name for the
mummy’s coffin
Sarcophagus
Three things that
might be found
along with a
mummy in a tomb
Treasure, pets,
tools, food, and
personal belongings
Kingdom in which
the largest
pyramids were
built
Old Kingdom
King who built the
Great Pyramid at
Giza (the biggest
pyramid)
King Khufu
Type of rock
usually used to
build the pyramids
Limestone
This kitty
cat/human was
built at Giza during
the Old Kingdom
The Sphinx
Pyramids always
faced this direction,
and were always on
this side of the Nile
They faced north,
and they were on
the west side of the
Nile River
This river is _____
miles long and had
a major influence
on Egyptian society
4000 miles;
The Nile River
Located at the end of
the river, this
geographic feature is
created when
sediment is deposited
into a fan shape
The Nile River
Delta
Egypt is located
near these two seas
Mediterranean
Sea and the Red
Sea
This peninsula
separates Egypt from
the Fertile Crescent,
and is located just
east of Egypt
Sinai
Peninsula
Also know: Upper and
Lower Nile, Mediterranean
and Red Seas, Eastern and
Sahara Deserts, and Nile
Delta
The names of the
two deserts found to
the east and the west
of the Nile River
To the east: Eastern
or Arabian
To the west: Libyan
or Sahara
This type of worker
was conscripted
during floods to
build the pyramids
Farmers
Name for an
Egyptian God-King
Pharaoh
A picture or symbol
representing a word,
syllable, or sound
Hieroglyph
A tall reed that grows
in the Nile valley, the
center of which was
used to make a paper
like substance
Papyrus
A four-sided pillar
with a top shaped
like a pyramid
Obelisk
The top two levels
of the Egyptian
social structure
Pharaoh, then ruling
class
(then middle class,
then peasants and
slaves)
Strangely, the
northern region of
Egypt is named
this
Lower Egypt
The Middle
Kingdom was
brought to an end
by this group and
their war chariots
The Hyksos
The accuracy with
which the Egyptians
built the pyramids
meant that they were
good at this subject
Math– especially
Geometry
Number workers it
took 20 years to place
the 2 million stone
blocks on the Great
Pyramid at Giza
100,000 Workers
Make your wager
These are the names for,
years of, and building
projects during the three
major time periods of
ancient Egyptian history–
what a long answer!
Old Kingdom- 2600 B.C. to 2300 B.C.;
Pyramids
Middle Kingdom- 2050 B.C. to 1670
B.C.; Tombs and Superfortresses
New Kingdom- 1550 B.C. to 1050 B.C.;
Obelisks and Temples