Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Question 1

Agriculture

Answer 1

Farming

Question 2

Afterlife

Answer 2

Life after death

Question 3

Cataract

Answer 3

A waterfall or group of rocks that slow the flow of water

Question 4

Delta

Answer 4

Flat, fan shaped area of fertile land made of silt at the mouth of a river

Question 5

Economy

Answer 5

The way people manage money/ resources for the production of goods/services

Question 6

Empire

Answer 6

Group of lands and people ruled by one government

Question 7

Fertile

Answer 7

Able to grow crops

Question 8

Hieroglyphics

Answer 8

Ancient Egyptian picture/symbol writing

Question 9

Irrigation

Answer 9

Watering dry land with canals or pipes

Question 10

Khemet

Answer 10

Translates to “Black Land”- color of Egyptian land after floods

Question 11

Monotheism

Answer 11

Belief in one god (ex. Christianity)

Question 12

Mummy

Answer 12

A dead body preserved with Egyptian goods

Question 13

Natural resources

Answer 13

A resource found in nature and useful to humans

Question 14

Papyrus

Answer 14

A reed plant that grows along the Nile river

Question 15

Pharaoh

Answer 15

Ancient Egyptian ruler

Question 16

Polytheism

Answer 16

Belief in many gods (ex. Ancient Greece- mythology)

Question 17

Pyramid

Answer 17

Burial tomb for Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh

Question 18

River Valley

Answer 18

Fertile area along river sides

Question 19

Scribe

Answer 19

One who was able to read and write

Question 20

Shaduf

Answer 20

A hand-operated device for lifting water

Question 21

Silt

Answer 21

Mix of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river

Question 22

Social mobility

Answer 22

The shifting of membership between/within social classes by individuals or groups

Question 23

Specialization

Answer 23

Training to do a particular kind of work

Question 24

Surplus

Answer 24

Extra supply

Question 25

Trade

Answer 25

An exchange of goods