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Vocabulary Test

Circle the letter of the correct meaning.

 

  1. a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound  (a) drawing  (b) ankh

 (c) hieroglyphic

 

  1. a four-sided pillar with a top shaped like a pyramid  (a) obelisk  (b) emblem  (c) cube

 

  1. the ceremony of pouring wine or oil to honor a god  (a) voodoo  (b) vizier  (c) libations

 

  1. tomb of the ruler Khufu  (a) sarcophagus  (b) Great Pyramid  (c) Sphinx

 

  1. ritualistic rules for mummification  (a) Book of the Dead  (b) tribute

 (c) How to Make a Mummy

 

  1. a valley formed by heavy flooding  (a) plain  (b) wadi  (c) sack

 

  1. the rulers of the New Kingdom  (a) viziers  (b) pharaohs  (c) prime ministers

 

  1. the white-water regions or rapids of the Nile River  (a) cataracts  (b) wadi  (c) delta

 

  1. a body treated for burial with preservatives to keep it from decaying (a) amulet

  (b) corpse  (c) mummy

 

  1. a mineral salt found in soil from dry lake beds  (a) natron  (b) limestone  (c) ankh

 

  1. a tall reed from which a paper-like substance is made  (a) cattail  (b) papyrus  (c) fern

 

  1. a scientist who studies the remains of ancient Egypt  (a) Scriptologist  (b)  Pyramidologist   

(c) Egyptologist

 

  1. containers of organs  (a) canopic jars  (b) burial jars  (c) mummification jars

  

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