National Geographic Egypt Vocabulary

What is the words that means to exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money?

• embalm

• delta

• dynasty

• barter

What word means a process of preserving a dead body?

• reign

• embalm

• gilded

• barter

What word means holding royal office; rule as king, queen, or emperor?

• reign

• astronomy

• barter

• delta

What word means an area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water (like a sea)?

• embalm

• delta

• stability

• gilded

What word means covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint?

• barter

• reign

• gilded

• dynasty

What word means series of rulers from the same family?

• dynasty

• reign

• stability

• barter

What word means the study of the universe, including planets, stars, galaxies, comets, and black holes?

• delta

• stability

• gilded

• astronomy

What word means not easily changed or affected (applied to a government)?

• delta

• embalm

• stability

• dynasty

What word means rock formations that create churning rapids/waterfalls that break the river's smooth course?

• delta

• cataract

• barter

• viziers

What is the name used for all Egyptian kings?

• Menes

• dynasty

• viziers

• pharaoh