Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

An immoral action

• sin

• Pharaoh

A technological advancement that impacted agricultural productivity in Ancient Egypt

• shadoof

• incense

The ____ of the Nile River Valley was filled with rich soil deposits.

• delta

• architecture

____ was not a very nice brother.

• Set

• The Nile River

wild rapids

• cataracts

• river

a government official

• bureaucrat

• shadoof

______ were a type of alphabet that enabled the Ancient Egyptians to record some of their stories and religious traditions on stone tablets and buildings.

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

The invention of ____ meant that a ____ could now write on something much easier to use and transport than stone or clay tablets.

• paper

• scribe

____ was an important step in the process of mummification.

• embalming

• pyramid

____ is often burned like a candle for its smell.

• incense

• papyrus