Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Review

A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea is called a

• shadoof

• delta

• cataract

• incense

a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees is called a

• delta

• shadoof

• savanna

• theocracy

Woven cloth is a

• textile

• shadoof

• envoy

• bureaucrat

A waterfall or rapids in a river are called

• hieroglyphics

• delta

• shadoof

• cataracts

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols are called

• cuneiform

• alphabet

• papyrus

• hieroglyphics

A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins is called a

• shadoof

• delta

• papyrus

• cataract

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile is

• grassland

• savanna

• papyrus

• None of the above

A type of government by religious leaders is called a

• dynasty

• theocracy

• envoy

• bureaucrat

A ruler in ancient Egypt was called a

• bureaucrat

• envoy

• theocracy

• pharaoh

A line of rulers from one family is called a

• dynasty

• pharaoh

• envoy

• bureaucrat