Egypt Vocabulary Practice Quiz

In Ancient Egyptian history, access means

• a means of entering. The ability or right to reach something

• not being able to find your pencil

• having the right key to your house

In Ancient Egypt the afterlife was

• the second city along the Nile river

• a life that continues after death

• an embalmed person

Along the Nile a cataract is

• rushing water in a river that forms waterfalls or rapids

• and eye condition that makes it hard to see.

• The ability to reach something

Hieroglyphics were:

• wedge shaped symbols that represented sound

• Ancient Egyptian writing that used pictures to represent sound objects or ideas

• A great house that referred to a king

A delta is

• a series of rulers from the same family

• rushing water that forms waterfalls or rapids

• a triangle deposit of soil that creates a marshy wetland at the end of a river

A dynasty is

• a series of rulers from the same family

• an embalmed body

• Enormous granite pillars that end in a point like a pyramid

A Mummy is

• A triangle shaped deposit of soil near the mouth of a river.

• a deceased person that is embalmed in the manner of ancient Egyptians

• The ability to reach something

to Embalm is

• a gift given in respect to show gratitude or admiration

• an embalmed body

• treating a deceased person's body in a way so that it does not decay

Papyrus is

• a life that continues after death

• a long thin reed that grew on the riverbanks of the Nile and was used as paper

• thick black mud that came from the Nile after it flooded

An obelisk is

• a reed like plant that grew at the base of the Nile

• an enormous granite pillar that ends in a point

• a gift given in respect to show gratitude or admiration