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Unit 2 chapter 3 Ancient Egypt Bayou Bridges vocabulary quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a shallow area of a river where the water moves fast over rocks or other obstacles

a)

papyrus

b)

delta

c)

contract

d)

cataract

2.

land created by silt deposits at the mouth of a river

a)

cataract

b)

delta

c)

papyrus

d)

island

3.

a political and religious leader of ancient Egypt

a)

prophet

b)

pyramid

c)

papyrus

d)

pharaoh

4.

a person whose job is copying written information

a)

Tanakh

b)

copy-cat

c)

scribe

d)

writer

5.

a tomb with triangle-shaped sides

a)

pharaoh

b)

pyramid

c)

papyrus

d)

prophet

6.

a system of writing based on pictures rather than letters

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

cataract

c)

scribe

d)

alphabet

7.

a tall plant that ancient Egyptians used to make paper; the paper made from the plant of the same name

a)

pyramid

b)

grass

c)

paper

d)

papyrus

8.

an object used during a past period in history

a)

artifalse

b)

agriculture

c)

artifact

d)

artist

9.

Which characteristic does this example show.

They believed people needed their bodies in good shape to reunite with if they were judged worthy of continuing on to the afterlife.

a)

Social structure:

b)

Belief systems:

c)

Government:

d)

Infrastructure

10.

Which characteristic does this example show?

Pharaohs, scribes, priests, and warriors were at the top of the hierarchy; enslaved people and servants were at the bottom.

a)

Job specialization

b)

Organized Religion

c)

Social Structure

d)

Government

11.

Which characteristic does this example show?

Most people were farmers, but there were scribes, priests, and craftspeople, too.

a)

Government

b)

Organized Religion

c)

Social Structure

d)

Specialization

12.

Would you rather.......

a)

Be mummified

b)

turned into a vampire