Egypt Vocabulary and Pharaohs

What is the fan-shaped area of very fertile flat land near the mouth of a river?

• peninsula

• delta

• diamond

• cataract

What is the tool used to lift water from the river into fields to water crops?

• shadoof

• shadow

• papyrus

• social pyramid

What word means the joining of separate parts into one?

• unicorn

• expedition

• unification

• mummification

What word is used for the ruler (king) of Egypt

• pharaoh

• phoenix

• papyrus

• pyramid

What process was used to preserve the bodies of the dead in Ancient Egypt?

• papyrus

• pyramid

• expedition

• mummification

What large stone structures were built as tombs for the pharaohs?

• temple

• pyramid

• ziggurat

• papyrus

What Ancient Egyptian writing system used about 800 picture symbols to represent ideas, objects, and sounds?

• cunieform

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• unification

What do we call the Ancient Egyptian's type of paper that was made from a reed that grew along the Nile River?

• pyramid

• papyrus

• linen

• flax

What word means the way a country manages its resources to produce goods & services?

• ecology

• expedition

• archaeology

• economy

What is a journey undertaken for a specific purpose?

• vacation

• expedition

• cataract

• road trip