Ancient Egypt Vocab Quiz

Question 1

What is it called when someone rules for the children until their old enough to rule?

Accepted Answer

Regent

Question 2

form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 3

when someone preserves a dead body

Accepted Answer

Mummification

Question 4

ancient egyptian ruler

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh

Question 5

What is the thing they buried people in?

Accepted Answer

Tombs

Question 6

triangular mass of sediment which has silt and sand deposited at the mouth of a river

Accepted Answer

Delta

Question 7

What did ancient Egyptians use as paper?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 8

what are the buildings that had four sides and were shaped like triangles called?

Accepted Answer

pyramids

Question 9

what is the stone they bore inscriptions on?

Accepted Answer

Rosetta

Question 10

What is the writing they used?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

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