Ancient Eygpy Vocab

Question 1

Vizier

Answer 1

The highest servant of the Pharaoh,often a religious leader

Question 2

Peasant

Answer 2

Lowest class of society, usually very poor/does hard labor

Question 3

Embalming

Answer 3

Process of preserving a body after someone died

Question 4

Old Kingdom

Answer 4

First ancient kingdom in Egypt;also known as Age of the pyramids(when the pyramids were built); pharaohs were buried in pyramids

Question 5

Middle Kingdom

Answer 5

Second peak in ancient Egyptian history;sometimes called age of reunification

Question 6

New Kingdom

Answer 6

Last of the 3 major kingdoms; often known as the age of trade and peace

Question 7

Delta

Answer 7

Triangular shape at the mouth of the river;mouth means where the river flows into the ocean/sea

Question 8

Pharaoh

Answer 8

Highest social ranking in Egypt;often referred to as a god, they were the king of Egypt

Question 9

Dynasty

Answer 9

Pass power down within same blood of the family line

Question 10

Afterlife

Answer 10

Belief in life after death

Question 11

Mummy

Answer 11

Embalmed body of the death in Egypt;usually wrapped in cloth/ drained blood and organs

Question 12

Pyramids

Answer 12

Triangular shaped monument; used to bury the pharaoh in old Kingdom

Question 13

Sarcophagus

Answer 13

Stone coffin decorated with jewels and stones; where the body of the dead is placed

Question 14

Rosetta Stone

Answer 14

Stone found in Egypt with 3 languages written on it;hieroglyphics,demotic characters(simple language),Greek

Question 15

Hieroglyphics

Answer 15

First ancient writing of Egyptians;referred to as pictographs-each character looks like a picture