Ancient Egypt Vocab

Question 1

Cataracts

Answer 1

Dangerous, fast moving waters

Question 2

Delta

Answer 2

A fan-shaped area of marshy land near where a river flows into sea

Question 3

Shadoof

Answer 3

A bucket attached to a long pole, used to move water for irrigation

Question 4

Papyrus

Answer 4

A reed plant that grows along the Nile river (Makes paper, baskets, and river rafts)

Question 5

Hieroglyphics

Answer 5

Egyptian system of writing made up of thousand of pictures and sound symbols

Question 6

Dynasty

Answer 6

A line of rulers from one family

Question 7

Theocracy

Answer 7

A government in which the same person is the political and religious leader

Question 8

Pharaoh

Answer 8

Ruler of Ancient Egypt

Question 9

Bureaucrat

Answer 9

Government official

Question 10

Embalming

Answer 10

The process of preserving dead bodies

Question 11

Pyramid

Answer 11

A great stone tomb built for an Egyptian Pharaoh

Question 12

Incense

Answer 12

A material burnt for its pleasant smell

Question 13

Envoy

Answer 13

A person who represents his country in a foreign place