Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Match the following vocabulary words with there definition.

• a region with a single government

• predict

• life after death

• Nation-State

• tell ahead of time

• afterlife

A ​ (a)   ​ is grassy plains with many trees and animals.

• Savanna
• delta
• cataract

A ​ (a)   is low land formed at the mouth of some rivers by the silt the river drops there.

• delta
• cataracts
• savanna

A ​ (a)   is a series of rapids and waterfalls.

• cataract
• savanna
• delta

​ (a)   are towns that became capitals of city-states.

• Nomes
• inundation
• dynasty
• decrees

Match the following vocabulary words to there meaning.

• paper like material used for writing on

• pyramid

• burial place for the dead

• papyrus

• preserved body

• mummy

A yearly flood is called _​ (a)  

• inundation
• dynasty
• decree
• nome

The commands or laws were called the pharoah's ​ (a)  

• decree
• nome
• dynasty
• inundation

Match the following vocabulary words to there definition.

• system of writing

• pharaoh

• most important government official

• hieroglyphics

• "great house"

• vizier

A series of rulers from the same family is called a ​ (a)  

• dynasty
• decree
• inundation
• nome