Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt and Kush Vocabulary Quiz

A government official

• bureaucrat

• cataract

• textile

• pyramid

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A waterfall or rapid in a river

• delta

• savanna

• cataract

• embalming

A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.

• cataract

• shadoof

• papyrus

• delta

A line of rulers from one family

• bureaucrat

• dynasty

• pharaoh

• envoy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

• shadoof

• pyramid

• embalming

• papyrus

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a government representative to another country

• bureaucrat

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• envoy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

• Hieroglyphics

• incense

• papyrus

• pyramid

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Ruler of ancient Egypt

• bureaucrats

• dynasty

• pharaoh

• envoy

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A great stone tomb for an Egyptian Pharaoh

• pyramid

• delta

• papyrus

• savanna

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region

• delta

• shadoof

• savanna

• textile

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A