Unit 5: Ancient Egypt Vocab Practice

A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is called a

• democracy

• theocracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

Dangerous fast moving water/rapids of the Nile River

• Delta

• Cataracts

• Rapids

• Levees

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile River

• Papyrus

• Wheat

• Barley

• Corn

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

• Phonics

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• Pictograms

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

• Engraving

• Embalming

• Natron

• Incense

The Ruler of Ancient Egypt

• Bureaucrat

• Theocracy

• Osiris

• Pharaoh

A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.

• Cataract

• Delta

• Rapid

• Levee

A line of rulers from one family

• Monarchy

• Empire

• Theocracy

• Dynasty

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

• Saber

• Shadoof

• Sarcophagus

• Savanna

A government official

• Noblemen

• Envoy

• Pharaoh

• Bureaucrat