The Kingdom of Egypt Vocab

The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.

• pharaoh

• pyramid

• unification

• Khufu

The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.

• mummy

• hieroglyphics

• Menes

• pharaoh

The time period in Egypt from about 2700 BC to about 2200 BC when the early pharaohs combined Upper and Lower Egypt

• Old Kingdom

• Memphis

• hieroglyphics

• pyramid

The way ancient Egyptians preserved a dead body with embalming and drying

• hieroglyphics

• mummification

• economy

• pyramid

a large structure made of stone, usually with a square bottom and a triangle on top

• pyramid

• hieroglyphics

• pharaoh

• economy

The ancient Egyptian writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• pharaoh

• unification

A kind of paper that was made from a plant growing on the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians used it to write.

• mummification

• economy

• papyrus

• pyramid

The way that a country deals with their money and resources for goods and services

• pyramid

• economy

• Khufu

The capital city of Egypt's Old Kingdom, it is near on the Nile River.

• Khufu

• Jean Champollion

• Memphis

Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Kingdom

• Khufu

• unification

• pyramid