🌍 Unit 3: Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

a flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years

• Delta
• Peninsula
• Canyon
• Plateau

structure with triangular sides

• cartouche

• pyramid

• papyrus

• dynasty

an oval frame which surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or royal person

• delta

• mummy

• tomb

• cartouche

system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations

• dynasty

• bureaucracy

• pharaoh

• artisan

king of ancient Egypt

• mummy

• dynasty

• pharaoh

• tomb

symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

• polytheism

• papyrus

• cartouche

• hieroglyphic

worship of many gods or deities

• polytheism

• bureaucracy

• dynasty

• tomb

a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose

• cartouche

• mummy

• pharaoh

• pyramid

skilled worker who practices a handicraft

• dynasty

• mummy

• pharaoh

• artisan

a writing surface similar to paper named after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River in ancient Egypt

• hieroglyphic

• pyramid

• papyrus

• delta