Vocab Ch. 3

Question 1

A device made from a long pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other; used to dip water out of the Nile river

Answer 1

Shadoof

Question 2

A device used to measure the Nile’s water levels

Answer 2

Nilometer

Question 3

A line of kings or rulers who belong to the same family

Answer 3

Dynasty

Question 4

A ruler of Egypt

Answer 4

Pharaoh

Question 5

A large tomb constructed of a rectangular base with four sloping, triangular sides.

Answer 5

Pyramid

Question 6

Paper made from the stems of the PAPYRUS plant

Answer 6

Papyrus

Question 7

A system of writing made of picture symbols

Answer 7

Hieroglyphics

Question 8

An ancient rock stele or monument carved with Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek, and another script; used as a key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs; discovered in the Egyptian town of Rosetta in 1799

Answer 8

Rosetta Stone

Question 9

A special container for organs of a dead body

Answer 9

Canopic Jar

Question 10

A stone coffin

Answer 10

Sarcophagus