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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cataract?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A waterfall or rapids in a river

2.

What is a delta?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water.

d)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

3.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A line of rulers from the same family

4.

What are hieroglyphics?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A type of ancient Egyptian food

5.

What is a mummy?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A preserved body wrapped in cloth

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

6.

What is papyrus?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A material made from the reeds of the papyrus plant used for writing

7.

What is a pharaoh?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A type of ancient Egyptian food

8.

What is a pyramid?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A large structure with a square or triangular base and four triangular sides, built as a tomb or monument

9.

What is a vizier?

a)

A type of ancient Egyptian writing system

b)

A high-ranking government official

c)

A type of ancient Egyptian tomb

d)

A type of ancient Egyptian ruler

10.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Mississippi River

11.

What was the Egyptian writing system called?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Alphabet

d)

Kanji

12.

What is a huge ancient Egyptian statue of an imaginary creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion?

a)

hieroglyphic

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

obelisk

d)

sphinx

13.

A bucket attached too a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins

a)

Cataract

b)

Papyrus

c)

Heiroglyphics

d)

Shadoof

14.

Government by religious leaders

a)

Theocracy

b)

Bureaucrat

c)

Democracy

d)

Theology

15.

A government official

a)

Theocracy

b)

Bureaucrat

c)

Democracy

d)

Theology

16.

the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
a)
shadoof
b)
incense
c)
theocracy
d)
embalming
17.

a government representative to another country
a)
delta
b)
shadoof
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
envoy
18.

a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
a)
delta
b)
incense
c)
papyrus
d)
textile
19.

woven cloth
a)
papyrus
b)
embalming
c)
incense
d)
textile
20.

 flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
a)
delta
b)
shadoof
c)
savannaha
d)
theocracy
21.
one of a kind; different from all others
a)
unify
b)
isolate
c)
unique
d)
papyrus