Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Match the following

• the city where the Great Pyramid is located.

• bureaucracy

• the highest rulers in Ancient Egypt

• Giza

• a type of government in the Old Kingdom of

  Ancient Egypt.

• pharaoh

• a simplified version of hieroglyphics

• hieratic script

• Egyptians believed each soul had two

  bodies – This

  term is the spiritual body.

• Ka

Match the following

• A new dynasty came and defeated Hyksos with their new weapons.

• The Old Kingdom

• When they built the famous pyramids. 

  Egypt's first dynasty

• The Middle Kingdom

• Period of expansion and stability.

• The New Kingdom

Match the following

• were on both sides of the Nile. They were uninhabited, hot deserts.

• Black Lands

• Northern part of Egypt, where the delta flows into Mediterranean sea. This area was more fertile.

• Red Lands

• Fertile lands near the Nile River. Villages developed along the river so they could farm.

• Upper Egypt

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

• Lower Egypt

In early Ancient Egypt, the ___________ divided Upper and Lower Egypt.

• pyramids

• Nile River

• pharaohs

• egyptians

The __________ contained tombs for the pharaohs who passed away.

• pyramids

• Nile River

• pharaohs

• egyptians

_________ is a process that the Egyptians practiced to

prevent dead bodies from rotting.

• canopic jars

• mummification

• pharaohs

• hierarcy

The _____________ invaded and ruled Egypt for about 100 years.

• pharaohs

• theocracy

• Hyksos

• Mesopotamia

The Egyptians used _____ and _____ to write on stone

tablets and walls.

(a)  

(a)   was the first woman to become Pharaoh. She

was the daughter of King Thutmose I.