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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of rulers from the same family

a)

dynasty

b)

mummy

c)

cataract

d)

delta

2.

Buying and selling of goods and services

a)

Papyrus

b)

Monarchy

c)

Commerce

d)

Pharaoh

3.

Dependence by each country or group on the other

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Artisans

d)

Interdependence

4.

A body that has been preserved so it will not decompose

a)

Pyramid

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Meroitic Script

d)

Mummy

5.

Study of the structure of the body and its organs

a)

Anatomy

b)

Delta

c)

Monarchy

d)

Construct

6.

Statue or other free-standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other materials

a)

Dynasty

b)

Monarchy

c)

Sculptures

d)

Bureaucracy

7.

System of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations

a)

Bureaucracy

b)

Environmental

c)

Tomb

d)

Construct

8.

Structure with triangular sides

a)

Commerce

b)

Pyramid

c)

Mummy

d)

Artisans

9.

Skilled worker who practices a handicraft

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Papyrus

c)

Sculptures

d)

Artisans

10.

Group of rocky rapids

a)

Meroitic Script

b)

Delta

c)

Cataracts

d)

Pyramid

11.

One of the world’s first alphabets, invented in ancient Nubia

a)

Meroitic Script

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Construct

d)

Tomb

12.

A flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years

a)

Delta

b)

Environmental

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Mummy

13.

Symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

a)

Dynasty

b)

Interdependence

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Rosetta Stone

14.

Political system based upon the rule of a single person.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Environmental

c)

Papyrus

d)

Sculptures

15.

A writing surface similar to paper named after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River in ancient Egypt

a)

Commerce

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Pyramid

d)

Papyrus

16.

King of ancient Egypt

a)

Artisans

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Tomb

d)

Delta

17.

A black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek and is celebrated for having given the first clue to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

Tomb

c)

Monarchy

d)

Artisans

18.

To build or put together

a)

Commerce

b)

Cataracts

c)

Artisans

d)

Construct

19.

A large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Construct

c)

Tomb

d)

Environmental

20.

Having to do with natural surroundings

a)

Environmental

b)

Delta

c)

Bureaucracy

d)

Interdependence