Egypt Vocab Review Crossword

7. the ___________ process is used for making mummies
9. the river that was very important to ancient Egyptians
10. the word for an Egyptian king or queen
12. these were a bigger problem for Mesopotamia compared to Egypt
14. a gov't where the leader is in charge of the government and religion
15. A high-ranking government official that served the pharaoh directly
16. the Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife; he has a jackal head and human body

1. the king that united Egypt for the first time *hint - starts with an 'N'
2. a fan-shaped/triangle-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the ocean or sea
3. ____________ was very important in ancient Egypt,this caused priests to be in the upper class (high social status)
4. a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
5. a line of rulers from one family
6. Built as great tombs for the pharaohs, these enormous structures were made of stone and covered the area of several city blocks.
8. Government officials that carry out a pharaoh’s or other leader’s plans/orders
10. a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile river; used to make paper
11. ___________ grain could be stored by Egyptian pharaohs for when there was famine
13. what harsh geographic feature caused Egyptians to live close the Nile River?