Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

What is a cataract?

• A large waterfall

• A type of rock formation

• A river that flows into a body of water

• A chief official in ancient Egypt

What is a delta?

• A large waterfall

• A type of rock formation

• An area where a river fans out into various branches

• A series of rulers from the same family

Who was Menes?

• A king of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt

• The world's longest river

• The chief official in ancient Egypt

• The sun god who created the world

What is a mummy?

• A large waterfall

• The preserved body of a pharaoh or other powerful person

• A massive monumental tomb for a pharaoh

• A system in which people belong to social classes of different ranks

Who was Khufu?

• A king of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt

• The world's longest river

• The pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid built

• The chief official in ancient Egypt

What is the New Kingdom?

• A period of weakness and foreign rule

• Egypt's first great period of unity and prosperity

• A period of strong and peaceful rule

• A period of time when Egypt invaded Kush