Egypt Vocab Quiz

the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrap-

ping them in cloth

• Cremation
• Taxidermy
• Freezing
• Mummification

Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met

in a point on top

• Sphere
• Cylinder
• Cube
• Pyramid

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a

political and military leader.

• Emperor
• Sultan
• Czar
• Pharaoh

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests

of other groups, especially the political affairs of other

countries.

• Isolationism
• Multilateralism
• Interventionism
• Globalization

a person who performs religious ceremonies

• priest
• monk
• imam
• rabbi

a person who writes things down

• author
• journalist
• scribe
• typist

process developed by the ancient Egyptians of preserving

a person's body after death

• Burying

• embalming
• decomposition
• cremation

Pharaoh; a ruler that people believed had divine power

• Emperor
• Dictator
• Monarch
• God-King

medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into

gold

• transmutation
• alchemy
• sorcery
• enchantment

a tall, pointed, four-sided pillar

• obelisk
• monolith
• pyramid
• spire