Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

A body of water north of Africa

• Pacific Ocean

• Bering Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caribbean Sea

The longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in northeastern Egypt

• Mississippi River

• Tigris River

• Yangtze River

• Nile River

One of the first female pharaohs of ancient Egypt

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Nefertiti

• Queen Victoria

A Ruler of Ancient Egypt

• President

• Emperor

• Prince

• Pharaoh

An ancient Egyptian pharaoh, known as “Ramses the Great”; skilled as a military leader; and responsible for building many monuments, including the temple at Abu Simbel

• Ramses I

• King Tut

• Ramses II

• King Khufu

An existence after death

• Afterlife

• Enlightenment

• Atheism

• All of the above

A symbol used in Egyptian writing that developed around 3000 B.C.E.

• hieroglyph

• cuneiform

• Liner A

• There was no writing system back then

Of high birth or rank

• Plebian

• Soldier

• Peasant

• Noble

a person who does farm work

• Peasant

• Scribe

• Pharaoh

• Warrior

a group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

• Egalitarianism

• Meritocracy

• Social class

• None of the above