Ancient Egypt Power Words

2025-1782 B.C. Period of expansion and stability.

• The Old Kingdom

• The Middle Kingdom

• The New Kingdom

• Ancient Egypt

The city where the Great Pyramid is located.

• Lower Egypt

• Thebes

• Memphis

• Giza

The South region of Egypt, where land was drier and more mountainous.

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Nile Delta

• Western Desert

A family of rulers having the right to rule being passed down.

• dynasty

• empire

• pharoah

• bureaucracy

Person in charge of government bureaucracy.

• pharaoh

• vizier

• Ka

• king

1567 BC - 1085 BC. Time of expansion and rich art and architecture.

• The Old Kingdom

• The Middle Kingdom

• The New Kingdom

• Ancient Egypt

The highest of rulers in Ancient Egypt.

• king

• vizier

• pharaoh

• Ka

A process used by Ancient Egyptians to preserve dead bodies.

• hieratic script

• hieroglyphics

• cremation

• mummification

A simplified version of hieroglyphics using dashes and strokes to represent the pictures in hieroglyphics.

• hieratic script

• chariots

• sanskrit

• cuneiform

Horse-drawn vehicle that the Egyptians used for war.

• carriage

• chariot

• stagecoach

• buggy