Unit 3: Egypt Vocabulary Review WRITING

Question 1

What is a form of Egyptian paper made from river reeds of the same name?

Accepted Answer

papyrus

Question 2

Who was the French scholar remembered for deciphering hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone?

Accepted Answer

Champollion

Question 3

What is the ancient Egyptian writing system that used pictorial symbols?

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphs

Question 4

What is classifying sounds of a spoken language?

Accepted Answer

phonetics

Question 5

What is a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a sound made?

Accepted Answer

phonogram

Question 6

What is an oblong loop that surrounds hieroglyphs of names of kings or queens?

Accepted Answer

cartouche

Question 7

What is to decode; make out the meaning of something?

Accepted Answer

decipher

Question 8

What is a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a thing or idea?

Accepted Answer

ideogram

Question 9

What do you call a person who specializes in writing and record keeping in ancient time?

Accepted Answer

scribe

Question 10

A writing, engraving, or printing as a lasting record is called what?

Accepted Answer

inscription

Question 11

What was the popular writing of the common Egyptian people called?

Accepted Answer

demotic

Question 12

What was the artifact used to decipher the meaning of hieroglyphic writing?

Accepted Answer

Rosetta Stone

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