Geography Ch. 19 Vocabulary Quiz

First Name

Last Name

The Nile ______ is an area of land that builds up where the river empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

• pharaohs
• delta
• silt
• myrrh

On the rare occasions when rain falls in the desert, it fills the _______________ , or dry streambeds.

• myrrh
• constitution
• wadis
• fellaheen

The Sahara Desert’s vast stretches of sand are called ___________ .

• hieroglyphics
• ergs
• convert
• Nomads

_______________ travel from place to place, grazing their herds at oases

• Nomads
• hieroglyphics
• ergs
• convert

The main belief of ____________ religions is belief in one God.

• Nomads
• monotheistic
• civil war
• diversified

Historians know much about ancient Egypt because of the ancient system of picture writing called ____________.

• hieroglyphics
• myrrh
• caliph
• pharaohs

The substance called ___________is valued for its pleasant aroma.

• myrrh
• caliph
• pharaohs
• regime

The Muslim empire was ruled by the ______________, a figure of political and religious authority.

• Opcaliph
• pharaohs
• regime
• fundamentalists