Social Studies Test Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Complete control over something or someone
Absolute power
A life after death
Afterlife
A worker who is skilled at crafting items with his hands
Artisan
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
Astronomer
Ancient egyption book containing prayers and hymns to the gods
book of the dead
Jars used to contain internals of the human body
Canopic jars
Large waterfall or strong rapids
cataract
A triangular shaped plain at the mouth of a river
Delta
a series of rulers whom come from the same family or economic group
Dynasty
To treat a dead body to preserve it
Embalm
Ancient egyption city site of the great pyramids
Giza
Pictures and other symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
Hieroglyphics
Good dirt for farming
Kemet
Ancient region in northern Africa from the Nile to present day Sudan
Lower Nubia
Period from 1991 B.C to 1786 B.C dynasty 12 ruled Egypt
Middle Kingdom
To wrap someone in cloth to preserve the body while it is in its grave
Mummification
A traditional story OR legend that explains peoples believes
Mythology
Period from 1567 B.C to 1085 B.C Dynasty 18 ruled Egypt
New kingdom
Period from 2686 B.C to 2181 B.C dynasty 3,4,5 ruled
Old Kingdom
Mineral mined for production of metals
Ore
An early form of paper made from reed lire plant
Papyrus
King of Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
Huge building with four Sloping triangular Sides
Pyramid
someone who rules for a child until that child is old enough to rule
Regent
Ancient egyptions tablet covered with egyption hieroglyphics
Rosetta stone
Huge desert in Egypt
Sahara Deseret
a big beetle
scarab
Fine soil found on river bottoms
silt
A statue in Egypt with body of lion and head of human
Sphinx
The Upper part of Nubia from rice valley to present day sudan
Upper Nubia
High official in places
Vizier
