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Ancient Egypt Vocab Quiz

Authored by Sara Smith

Social Studies

6th Grade

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Ancient Egypt Vocab Quiz
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

Match the following vocabulary words related to the seasons of Egypt.

season when the flood waters receded and plowing and planting season began (starts in November)

akhet

the dry, harvest season (from March-July), when crops are harvested and stored before the rains come

shemu

season of flooding of the Nile River (starts in July)

peret

2.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Match the following vocabulary words related to the Kingdoms of Egypt.

the second period of Egypt's history, new dynasty reunited Egypt, the capital moved to Thebes

New Kingdom

Egypt's third period, period of glory, more wealth and power than ever before

Middle Kingdom

the first period of Ancient Egyptian history, characterized by building the Great Pyramids of Giza

Old Kingdom

3.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following vocabulary words related to rulers in Ancient Egypt.

early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with Aten, the sun god

Akhenaten

pharaoh who ruled from age 9-19, this tomb was discovered in 1922

Khufu

2nd pharaoh of 4th dynasty wo had the Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx built

Hatshepsut

one of only three female pharaohs, dressed as a male

King Tut (Tutankhamun)

pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 66 years & expanded Egyptian empire

Ramses

4.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following vocabulary words related to the Nile River in Egypt.

southern region of ancient Egypt; named because it was located upriver

irrigation

river in East Africa, the longest in the world, flowing north to the Mediterranean Sea

Nile River Delta

northern region of ancient Egypt, named because it was located downriver

Nile River

marshy triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the Nile River

Upper Egypt

the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture

Lower Egypt

5.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 4 pts

Match the following vocabulary words related to mummification.

used to store & preserve the internal organs for the afterlife, usually either limestone or pottery

mummy

treating with preservatives to prevent decay

embalming

a stone coffin

canopic jar

a body preserved through the process of embalming

sarcophagus

6.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Match the following vocabulary words related to writing in Ancient Egypt.

hieroglyphics enclosed in an oval shape that shows royal or divine names

Rosetta Stone

Ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

papyrus

reed that grows along the Nile River, used to produce writing paper

cartouche

huge stone slab inscribed with 3 languages; allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

hieroglyphics

7.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Match the following vocabulary words related to architecture and inventions in Ancient Egypt.

tall, thin, four-sided monument

obelisk

huge, triangular-shaped monument, built around a tomb

pyramid

a beam with a bucket used to irrigate fields

shaduf

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