8.2 and 8.1 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: A (a)   is a waterfall or rapids in a river.

• Delta

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

Fill in the blank: A (a)   is a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.

• Delta

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

Fill in the blank: A (a)   is a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins.

• Delta

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

_______ is a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile.

• Papyrus

• Reed

• Cattail

• Bulrush

_______ is a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

Fill in the blank: A (a)   is a line of rulers from one family.

• Delta

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Dynasty

A government in which the same person is both the political leader and the religious leader is called a (a)   .

• Bureaucrat

• Theocracy

• Embalming

• Pyramid

The ruler of ancient Egypt (Great House) is known as a (a)   .

• Pharaoh

• Nemes

• Bureaucrat

• Theocracy

Fill in the blank: Pieces of striped head cloth worn by pharaohs are called (a)   .

• Pyramid

• Embalming

• Nemes

• Theocracy

Government officials (people who worked for the Pharaoh) are known as (a)   .

• Bureaucrat

• Pyramid

• Theocracy

• Nemes