Ancient Egypt Vocab (Test 2)

hieratic script

• a simplified version of hieroglyphics

• the city where the Great Pyramid is located

• the type of government in the Old Kingdom

bureaucracy

• A place that contained tombs

• the northern part of Egypt

• a type of government in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

Giza

• The first woman to become Pharaoh

• the city where the Great Pyramid is located

• People who invaded Egypt

Ka

• one of the spiritual bodies each person has according to Ancient Egyptians

• The first woman Pharaoh

• the city where the Great Pyramid is located

Pharaoh

• Someone who invaded Ancient Egypt

• Part of each person's spirit

• the highest rulers in Ancient Egypt

red lands

• on both sides of the Nile River. No one could live there because it was too hot

• the northern part of Egypt

• Where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea

Middle Kingdom

• a simplified version of hieroglyphics

• a period of expansion and stability

• a type of government

Lower Egypt

• a process used to prevent dead bodies from rotting

• the land on both sides of the Nile

• the northern part of Egypt where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea

This divided Upper and Lower Egypt, when it was still 2 countries

• Giza

• The Nile River

• The Pharaohs

These contained tombs for the pharaohs who passed away

• Pyramids

• Giza

• Hyksos