Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

A shape that has a square base and has triangular sides that come to a point at the top. 

What is a deity?

While hiking near the ______, which is a rapid waterfall over rocks, I tried not to slip.  

An ally is...

This word means “great house”

A paper-like material they made from the papyrus plants of the Nile River

King Tut was the ________ to the thrown when his father died. 

A system where buyers and sellers from different places can exchange and trade.

The head advisor for a Pharaoh

A series of rulers who belong to the same family

Put the yearly cycle of the Ancient Egyptians seasons in order from first to last. 

To tell ahead of time. 

Baked clay pottery

The governors who ruled Egypt’s districts along with the Pharaoh. 

Pharaohs would often _________, or add on, more temples and obelisks during their rule.

What does prosperity mean?

The Rosetta Stone was ______________, so now we can understand Hieroglyphics. 

A tall, slender stone pillar with four sides and a pointed top. 

A preserved body is a...

An Egyptian region with a united group of people and a single government.

The water-ways, paths and trails that the traders used to move goods from place to place. 

In Ancient Egypt, what was writing that uses pictures to stand for sounds, words, or ideas.