Ancient Egypt Vocab Quiz

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

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

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

• New Kingdom

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

• Old Kingdom

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

• Middle Kingdom

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

• pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 66 years & expanded Egyptian empire

• Hatshepsut

• 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

• King Tut (Tutankhamun)

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

• Khufu

• one of only three female pharaohs, dressed as a male

• Ramses

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

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

• Nile River

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

• Lower Egypt

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

• Nile River Delta

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

• Upper Egypt

• the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture

• irrigation

Match the following vocabulary words related to mummification.

• treating with preservatives to prevent decay

• sarcophagus

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

• canopic jar

• a body preserved through the process of embalming

• mummy

• a stone coffin

• embalming

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

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

• Rosetta Stone

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

• cartouche

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

• hieroglyphics

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

• papyrus

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

• tall, thin, four-sided monument

• pyramid

• a beam with a bucket used to irrigate fields

• shaduf

• huge, triangular-shaped monument, built around a tomb

• obelisk

Match the following vocabulary words relating to social hierarchy and/or job specialization.

• sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

• pharaoh

• a ruler of Ancient Egypt

• scribe

• collected taxes, enforced laws, recorded land parcels and estimated harvests

• dynasty

​ (a)   = all the ​ (b)   of a people or religion collectively.

• Pantheon
• gods
• pharaoh

​ (a)   is the ​ (b)   of Akhenaten, she is considered one of the most ​ (c)   women ever.

• Nefertiti
• wife
• beautiful
• daughter
• powerful