Unit 4 Vocab Ancient Egypt

What is the process of preserving and drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting?

• Bureaucracy

• Vizier

• Pharaoh

• Mummification

Who were the highest rulers of Ancient Egypt?

• Mummification

• Vizier

• Bureaucracy

• Pharaoh

What type of government consisted of an administrative organization with officials and procedures?

• Bureaucracy

• Pharaoh

• Mummification

• Vizier

Who was in charge of the government bureaucracy?

• Vizier

• Bureaucracy

• Mummification

• Pharaoh

What were the horse-drawn carriers Egyptians used for war called?

• Mummification

• Pharaoh

• Bureaucracy

• Chariots

What was the complex system of writing that consisted of pictures called?

• Hieroglyphics

• Pharaoh

• Cuneiform

• Vizier

What is a family of rulers having the right to rule being passed down from generation to generation called?

• Theocracy

• Vizier

• Pharaoh

• Dynasty

In which city is the Great Pyramid located?

• Egypt

• Cairo

• Ka

• Giza

What is the simplified version of hieroglyphics using dashes and strokes to represent the pictures called?

• Reed

• Cuneiform

• Hieratic script

• Vizier

During which time period was Egypt's first dynasty and the famous pyramids built?

• The Middle Kingdom

• The New Kingdom

• Vizier

• The Old Kingdom