Module 3 Vocabulary Review

A series of rulers from the same family is a

• Theocracy

• Dynasty

• Pharaoh

These were built during the Old Kingdom and were spectacular monuments built to bury their rulers.

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

• Sphinx

Paths followed to acquire goods such as turquoise and copper.

• Silk Road

• Highway to Egypt

• Trade Routes

Cuneiform is to Mesopotamia, as is to Egypt.

• Hieroglyphics

• Katakana

• Arabic

Egypt brought in goods such as gold, pottery, iron tools, ivory, etc. These are called..

• Exports

• Trade routes

• Imports

Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of humans.

• Obelisk

• Mummies

• Sphinx

These made travel down the Nile thru Upper Egypt very difficult.

• Floods

• Cataracts

• Contract

This was a title used by rulers in Egypt. It means "great house".

• Emperor

• God

• Pharaoh

Established Egypt's first dynasty and was the first to wear the double crown.

• Menes

• Ramses the Great

• Hatshepsut

A stone slab that allowed scholars to decipher Hieroglyphics.

• Pyramid

• Sphinx

• Rosetta Stone