Topic 3 Egypt Vocab.

groups of rocky rapids

• delta

• cataract

• papyrus

• ivory

an area of sediment, deposited at the mouth of a river

• cataracts

• delta

• pharaoh

• pyramid

skilled worker who practices a handicraft

• artisan

• delta

• pharaoh

• mummy

Draw the shape of a pyramid.

king of a united Egypt

• papyrus

• pyramid

• pharaoh

• pataract

Match the following

• interdependence

• a system of offices and officials that handle the business of government

• bureaucracy

• one of the world's first alphabets

• dynasty

• ruling family

• Merotic script

• dependence by each country or group on the other

• commerce

• the buying and selling of goods and services

drawing or symbol that represents a word or sound

• papyrus

• dynasty

• commerce

• hieroglyphic

statue or other form of free standing art

• sculpture

• ebony

• ivory

• anatomy

writing surface similar to paper, made out of the papyrus reed

• paper

• papyrus

• pineapple

• porridge

hard white material made from elephant tusks

• elephantine

• ebony

• ivory

• plastic