Ch. 5 Ancient Egypt and Kush Vocabulary

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

savanna

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

shadoof

Question 3

Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh

Accepted Answer

pyramid

Question 4

A government official

Accepted Answer

Bureaucrat

Question 5

A government representative to another country

Accepted Answer

envoy

Question 6

woven cloth

Accepted Answer

textile

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

hieroglypics

Question 8

Ruler of Ancient Egypt

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh

Question 9

A waterfall or rapids in a river

Accepted Answer

cataract

Question 10

A line of rulers from one family

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Dynasty

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 12

A government by religious leader

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 13

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 14

A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned

Accepted Answer

incense

Question 15

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

Accepted Answer

embalming

Questions 15