Egypt- Chapter 5 Vocabulary- Lessons 1 and 2

What is the name for waterfalls or rapids in the river?

• cataracts

• floods

• shadoofs

• silt

What was the name for the fan shaped area of silt near where the river flowed into the sea?

• papyrus

• cataracts

• floods

• delta

What was the name of the invention that had a bucket attached to a long pole and was used to transfer river water in to storage basins?

• hieroglyphics

• shadoof

• papyrus

• silt

What was the name for the reed plant that grew wild along the Nile?

• shadoof

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• silt

What was the name of the writing system of ancient Egypt made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols?

• cuneiform

• papyrus

• Arabic

• hieroglyphics

What is the term for a line rulers from one family?

• dynasty

• theocracy

• bureaucrat

• pharaoh

What do we call government by RELIGIOUS leaders?

• dynasty

• theocracy

• bureaucrats

• pharaohs

The name for the rulers of ancient Egypt was

• bureaucrats

• envoys

• pharaohs

• all of these

Another name for a government official is a _________

• bureaucrat

• pharaoh

• merchant

• scribe

What do we call the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying?

• embalming

• envoying

• scribing

• praying