Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Test

What is a cataract in ancient Egypt?

• A rock formation that creates churning rapids

• A large waterfall

• A type of pyramid

• A type of pharaoh

What is a delta in ancient Egypt?

• An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water

• A type of mummy

• A type of vizier

• A type of dynasty

What is a dynasty in ancient Egypt?

• A series of rulers from the same family

• A type of pyramid

• A type of pharaoh

• A type of delta

What is a pharaoh in ancient Egypt?

• An ancient Egyptian ruler

• A type of cataract

• A type of vizier

• A type of delta

What is a vizier in ancient Egypt?

• Chief official in ancient Egypt who carried out much of the day-to-day work of governing

• A type of mummy

• A type of dynasty

• A type of pyramid

Where is Lower Egypt located in ancient Egypt?

• Nile Delta region with its wide expanse of fertile land and access to the Mediterranean Sea

• Long, narrow stretch of the Nile south of modern Cairo and hemmed in by desert

• Area just south of Egypt, across the first cataract of the Nile, rich with gold, copper, and other important resources needed by Egypt

• World's longest river that flows northward from sources deep in Africa to the Mediterranean Sea

Who was the king of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt and became ruler of all Egypt around 3100 BC?

• Menes

• Ahmose

• Khufu

• Ramses II

What is the world's longest river that flows northward from sources deep in Africa to the Mediterranean Sea?

• Nile River

• Nubia

• Hapshepsut

• Re

Where is Upper Egypt located in ancient Egypt?

• Long, narrow stretch of the Nile south of modern Cairo and hemmed in by desert

• Nile Delta region with its wide expanse of fertile land and access to the Mediterranean Sea

• Area just south of Egypt, across the first cataract of the Nile, rich with gold, copper, and other important resources needed by Egypt

• World's longest river that flows northward from sources deep in Africa to the Mediterranean Sea

What is a hierarchy in ancient Egypt?

• A system in which people belong to social classes of different ranks

• A type of mummy

• A type of pyramid

• A type of pharaoh