SS Seventh Grade Ancient Egypt Definition/Map Quiz

A ruler of ancient Egypt

An acient massive structure found especially in Egypt having a square groundplan, outside walls that form four triangles that meet in a point at the top, and inner sepulchral chambers

To treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay

A body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians

inscribed with hieroglyphic

A usually triangular mass of sediment, especially silt and sand, deposited aat the mouth of a river. Deltas form when a river flows into a body of standing water, such as a sea or a lake, and deposits large quantities of sediment. They are usually crossed by numerous streams and channels and have exposed as well submerged areas

A large waterfall over a prepiece; steep rapids in a river

A storehouse for threshed grain

A succession of rulers of the same line of descent; A powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable amount of time

An existence after death

an upright four-sided monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid

The rank or essential nature of a god; Divinity

A payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgement of submission or as the price of protection; the tax levied for such a payment

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility bribery); use a position of trust or dishonest gain

A high executive office of various Muslim countries and especially the Ottoman Empire

Decide; to interpret the meaning of

A two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and races

Causing unrest, violence, or disturbance

A cross having a loop for its upper vertical arm and serving especially in ancient Egypt as an emblem of life 

A counterbalanced sweep used since ancient times especially in Egypt for raising water (as for irrigation)

The pith of the papyrus plant especially when made into strips and pressed into material to write on