Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Ancient Egypt

Vocabulary

Cataract

A waterfall or rapids in a river

Delta

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

Shadoof

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

Papyrus

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River

Hieroglyphics

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

Theocracy

a government of religious leader(s)

Pharaoh

ruler of ancient Egypt

Embalming

the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

Dynasty

a line of rulers from one family

Bureaucrat

a group of non-elected government officials

Multiple Choice

A waterfall or rapids in a river

• Delta

• Niagara Falls

• Cataracts

• Nile River

Multiple Choice

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile

• Shadoof

• Delta

• Papyrus

• Cataract

Multiple Choice

a government of religious leader(s)

• Pharaohs

• Shadoof

• Dynasties

• Theocracy

Multiple Choice

the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

• Papyrus

• Embalming

• Delta

• Theocracy

Multiple Choice

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

• Cuneiform

• English

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataract