Module 4 Lesson 2 Vocabulary

early period of growth and stability in ancient Egypt between about 2650 and 2200 BC

• Theocracy

• Old Kingdom

• Nubia

• Elite

a government where religious leaders have the power to make, approve, or enforce laws

• Theocracy

• Elite

• Engineering

• Polytheism

the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom, who ruled in the 2500s BCE

• Nubia

• Khufu

• Mummy

• Elite

the region to the south of Egypt along the Nile River, which was home to ancient kingdoms including Kush

• Old Kingdom

• Khufu

• Nubia

• Elite

a belief in many gods

• Theocracy

• Polytheism

• Afterlife

• Elite

a building for religious worship

• Khufu

• Nubia

• Temple

• Pyramid

life after death, a widely held ancient Egyptian belief

• Mummy

• Afterlife

• Nubia

• Theocracy

a dead body preserved by wrapping it in cloth

• Pyramid

• Mummy

• Temple

• Elite

a huge stone tomb with four triangle-shaped walls that meet at a top point

• Temple

• Khufu

• Pyramid

• Mummy

people of wealth and power

• Elite

• Polytheism

• Mummy

• Nubia