Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

Ancient Egyptian writing that used hieroglyphs

• Hieroglyphics

• pyramid

An ancient Egyptian king

• pharaoh

• hieroglyphics

Triangular structures that held the tombs of pharaohs

• pharaohs

• pyramids

A line of hereditary rulers of a country

• afterlife

• dynasty

The place Egyptians believed you go after you die

• afterlife

• dynasty

a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.

• Nile

• obelisk

The river that runs through Egypt

• Nile

• hieroglyphics

wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

• pyramid

• delta