Ancient Egypt Vocabulary List

Nile River: ________ river in the world that made civilization in Egypt possible.

• longest

• shortest

• widest

• deepest

Upper Egypt: ________ part of Egypt.

• southern

• northern

• eastern

• western

Lower Egypt: ________ part of Egypt.

• northern

• southern

• eastern

• western

Cataract: a section of the Nile River with ________ and rocky terrain.

• rapids

• calm waters

• sand dunes

• forests

Delta: fan-shaped region created when ________ is deposited at the end of a river.

• soil

• sand

• rocks

• gravel

Pharaoh: ________ of Egypt.

• ruler

• servant

• merchant

• farmer

Menes: first king who unified ________ and Lower Egypt.

• Upper

• Middle

• Southern

• Eastern

Pyramid: a stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a ________ on top.

• point

• circle

• square

• rectangle

Mummy: a body preserved in a way to prevent it from ________.

• decomposing

• melting

• evaporating

• freezing

Afterlife: life after ________.

• death

• birth

• marriage

• graduation