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Egypt Unit 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A country in northeastern Africa

a)

Barge

b)

Canal

c)

Cartouche

d)

Civilization

e)

Egypt

2.

The stage of human social development and organization

that is considered most advanced

a)

Barge

b)

Canal

c)

Cartouche

d)

Civilization

e)

Egypt

3.

An artificial waterway built to allows boats, or ships inland,

or to convey water for irrigation

a)

Barge

b)

Canal

c)

Cartouche

d)

Civilization

e)

Egypt

4.

A carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled

up ends

a)

Barge

b)

Canal

c)

Cartouche

d)

Civilization

e)

Egypt

5.

A broad flat bottomed boat

a)

Barge

b)

Canal

c)

Cartouche

d)

Civilization

e)

Egypt

6.

An ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and the

head of a man, ram or hawk

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

7.

A hand operated device for lifting water

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

8.

A high official in the Egyptian social pyramid

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

9.

Shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

10.

A building of worship

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

11.

A building of worship

a)

Shaduf

b)

Sphinx

c)

Temple

d)

Vizier

e)

Social Pyramid

12.

Members of a social class of low rank who worked in the

fields

a)

Scribe

b)

Peasants

c)

Pyramid

d)

Polytheism

e)

Pharoh

13.

The ruler of Ancient Egypt

a)

Scribe

b)

Peasants

c)

Pyramid

d)

Polytheism

e)

Pharoh

14.

A class of scholars and copiers who were central to the

functioning of government, the army and the priesthood

a)

Scribe

b)

Peasants

c)

Pyramid

d)

Polytheism

e)

Pharoh

15.

The belief in many Gods

a)

Scribe

b)

Peasants

c)

Pyramid

d)

Polytheism

e)

Pharoh

16.

A massive structure that serves as a tomb for the Egyptian

pharaoh and high officials

a)

Scribe

b)

Peasants

c)

Pyramid

d)

Polytheism

e)

Pharoh

17.

A process that supplies water by artificial means

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Code

d)

Indus River Valley

e)

Irrigation

18.

A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East

stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris

and the Euphrates Rivers

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Code

d)

Indus River Valley

e)

Irrigation

19.

Major river valley in Asia which flows through what is today

Pakistan

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Code

d)

Indus River Valley

e)

Irrigation

20.

Writing made up of pictorial symbols

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Code

d)

Indus River Valley

e)

Irrigation

21.

A stone pillar having a square bottom and a pyramidal top; Set up as a monument

a)

Papyrus

b)

Oblisk

c)

Nobles

d)

Mummification

e)

Mesopotamia

22.

A plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which one can write

a)

Papyrus

b)

Oblisk

c)

Nobles

d)

Mummification

e)

Mesopotamia

23.

The land between two rivers

a)

Papyrus

b)

Oblisk

c)

Nobles

d)

Mummification

e)

Mesopotamia

24.

Belonging to a high class that has special social or political

status

a)

Papyrus

b)

Oblisk

c)

Nobles

d)

Mummification

e)

Mesopotamia

25.

The process of preserving the bodies of the dead

a)

Papyrus

b)

Oblisk

c)

Nobles

d)

Mummification

e)

Mesopotamia

26.

The process of preserving the bodies of the dead

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Khemet

c)

Law

d)

Mummification

e)

Levees

27.

An unwritten agreement within a community under which

the members most suited to perform that occupation

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Khemet

c)

Law

d)

Mummification

e)

Levees

28.

A bank built along a river to prevent flooding

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Khemet

c)

Law

d)

Mummification

e)

Levees

29.

The term the ancient Egyptians used as the official name of their land

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Khemet

c)

Law

d)

Mummification

e)

Levees

30.

A system of rules enforced for people to follow or they will be punished

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Khemet

c)

Law

d)

Mummification

e)

Levees

31.

Fun Facts:


Complete the Lyrics to this song.....

All the kids in the marketplace say

(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)

a)

Manic Monday

b)

Hazy Shade of Winter

c)

Walk Like an Egyptian

d)

Glory of Love

32.

Fun Facts:


Mr. & Mrs. Neu's wedding song is....

a)

Manic Monday

b)

Hazy Shade of Winter

c)

Walk Like an Egyptian

d)

Glory of Love

33.

Fun Facts:

3 of those songs are from the Bangles, Mrs. Neu's favorite group. Which song is not from the Bangles?

a)

Manic Monday

b)

Hazy Shade of Winter

c)

Walk Like an Egyptian

d)

Glory of Love