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Egypt Vocabulary

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a waterfall or area of rapids in a river

a)

delta

b)

shadoof

c)

cataract

d)

pyramid

2.

a ruler of ancient Egypt

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pharaoh

c)

theocracy

d)

dynasty

3.

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

a)

delta

b)

cataract

c)

pyramid

d)

shadoof

4.

a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water to storage basins

a)

pyramid

b)

cataract

c)

delta

d)

shadoof

5.

a reed plant used to make a paper-like material

a)

papyrus

b)

lotus

c)

hieroglypics

d)

shadoof

6.

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

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pyramid

c)

theocracy

d)

hieroglyphics

7.

a line of rulers from one family

a)

shadoof

b)

dynasty

c)

theocracy

d)

pharaoh

8.

a government official

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pharaoh

c)

embalming

d)

cataract

9.

the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

a)

shadoof

b)

bureaucrat

c)

embalming

d)

dynasty

10.

a stone tomb used for an Egyptian pharaoh

a)

cataract

b)

embalming

c)

shadoof

d)

pyramid

11.

A government where the political leader is also the religious leader

a)

theocracy

b)

pharaoh

c)

bureaucrat

d)

dynasty