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WorksheetsChapter 5: Ancient Egypt and Kush Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A government official
bureaucrat
cataract
textile
pyramid
A waterfall or rapid in a river
delta
savanna
cataract
embalming
A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.
cataract
shadoof
papyrus
delta
A line of rulers from one family
bureaucrat
dynasty
pharaoh
envoy
The process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying
shadoof
pyramid
embalming
papyrus
a government representative to another country
bureaucrat
pharaoh
dynasty
envoy
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
Hieroglyphics
incense
papyrus
pyramid
Ruler of ancient Egypt
bureaucrats
dynasty
pharaoh
envoy
A great stone tomb for an Egyptian Pharaoh
pyramid
delta
papyrus
savanna
a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
delta
shadoof
savanna
textile
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to a storage basins
textile
a fork
theocracy
shadoof
woven cloth
textile
shadoof
incense
pyramid
a government of religious leaders
incense
pharaoh
theocracy
shadoof
a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
hieroglyphics
papyrus
pyramid
incense
a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River
papyrus
envoy
shadoof
textile
