Egypt, Nubia, & Kush Vocabulary

The pyramids in Egypt are very very old, or ____________.

• advanced

• ancient

• culture

A scientist who studies the past by looking at very old items is called an __________________.

• hieroglyphics

• archaeolgist

• pharaoh

The ___________ flowed over the cliff, into the river.

• pyramid

• tomb

• cataract

______________ like jewelry, bowls, or artwork tell us about daily life in a civilization.

• Artifacts

• Cataracts

• Ancient

_____________ can be described as the ways of life, ideas, and arts of a group of people.

• scribe

• tomb

• culture

Egypt became an ____________ when the pharaoh took control of many lands.

• empire

• pyramid

• hieroglyphics

Egyptian picture writing is called ____________.

• tomb

• pyramid

• hieroglyphics

The ruler of ancient Egypt was called a ___________.

• culture

• civilization

• pharaoh

____________ were built as tombs for pharaohs. They took many, many years and workers to build.

• Pyramids

• Scribes

• Cataracts

In ancient Egypt, a man who could read and write could become the pharaoh's _________.

• tomb

• scribe

• artifact