Government of Ancient Egypt

2. Collected from farmers as tax payments.
4. Ruler of a kingdom, aka monarch.
6. During this first Kingdom, Egypt's government became stronger, it built magnificent cities, pyramids and expanded trade.
8. Head of the government, had total power, owner of all land, and god on earth. Also means "great palace."
9. Artisans, merchants and traders began to play a more important role in Egypt's _______.
12. Capital city built by Menes.
14. The right to rule was passed from father to son to ______.
15. These provided natural "dry" barriers from outside attacks.
16. appointed by the pharaoh to carry out his orders.
17. Time of severe food shortage. A surplus of grain had to be stored in case this occurred.
18. Word that means to "join together" King Menes did this with upper and lower Egypt.
20. Form of government in which one ruler controls both religion and government.

1. These travelers carried goods to be traded with Nubia to the south and Mesopotamia to the East.
3. Villages along the Nile did this with their surplus of produce and goods.
5. As the son of Re, the pharaoh was considered a ____ on earth.
7. System to oversee farming, trading, grain storage, distribution of food, conflicts over land...
10. Name of the second Egyptian kingdom or time period.
11. place to store surplus grain.
12. King of Upper Egypt who conquered lower Egypt. He was the first pharaoh.
13. Pharaoh would perform rituals to help the soil to ____ (keep it fertile and produce abundant crops).
19. A line of rulers from one family.