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Chapter 5: Ancient Egypt and Kush Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A government official

a)

bureaucrat

b)

cataract

c)

textile

d)

pyramid

2.

A waterfall or rapid in a river

a)

delta

b)

savanna

c)

cataract

d)

embalming

3.

A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.

a)

cataract

b)

shadoof

c)

papyrus

d)

delta

4.

A line of rulers from one family

a)

bureaucrat

b)

dynasty

c)

pharaoh

d)

envoy

5.

The process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

a)

shadoof

b)

pyramid

c)

embalming

d)

papyrus

6.

a government representative to another country

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pharaoh

c)

dynasty

d)

envoy

7.

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

incense

c)

papyrus

d)

pyramid

8.

Ruler of ancient Egypt

a)

bureaucrats

b)

dynasty

c)

pharaoh

d)

envoy

9.

A great stone tomb for an Egyptian Pharaoh

a)

pyramid

b)

delta

c)

papyrus

d)

savanna

10.

a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region

a)

delta

b)

shadoof

c)

savanna

d)

textile

11.

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

a)

textile

b)

a fork

c)

theocracy

d)

shadoof

12.

woven cloth

a)

textile

b)

shadoof

c)

incense

d)

pyramid

13.

a government of religious leaders

a)

incense

b)

pharaoh

c)

theocracy

d)

shadoof

14.

a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

papyrus

c)

pyramid

d)

incense

15.

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River

a)

papyrus

b)

envoy

c)

shadoof

d)

textile