Ancient Egypt Academic Vocabulary

The Egyptians kept all of their records on clay tablets

What is a pharaoh?

A dynasty is a group of rulers that come from many different families

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River

Pharaoh translates to:

Which pharaoh unified Egypt?

the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

Fast moving water on a river or waterfalls

great stone tomb for an Egyptian pharaoh

The rulers of Egypts were called

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

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

Egypt's government was considered an oligarchy.

a government official is refered to as a

The picture below shows an example of hieroglyphics

The Egyptian sun god was (select all that apply)

woven cloth

What physical features protected Egypt from invasion?

a dynasty is a line of rulers from one family.

a government representative to another country

Below is a picture of Egyptian Hieroglyphics

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