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Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was a cataract? | a waterfall |
| delta | the area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil |
| silt | fine soil deposited by a river |
| red land | land away from the Nile River that was the desert land |
| black land | land by the Nile River good for farming |
| shaduf | tool used to collect water |
| Egyptian economic activities | farming, mining, fishing, hunting, trading |
| scribes | people whose job it was to write and keep records |
| King of Egypt | Pharaoh |
| hieroglyphs | Pictures that stand for different words or sounds. Egyptian form of writing. |
| papyrus | Egyptian paper-like material |
| mummy | body that has been dried so so it won't decay |
| dynasty | line of rulers from the same family |
| Ramses II | extended Egypt's territory, negotiated a peace treaty, and built a monument to himself |
| New Kingdom | Strong Pharaohs ruled |
| Akhenaton | Replaced worship of old gods with that of the sun god, Aton |
| Queen Hatshepsut | Expanded trade, built monuments(obelisk) |
| Middle Kingdom | Invasions from the Hyksos |
| Khufu | Had the Great Pyramid built |
| King Djoser | Had the Step Pyramid built |
| King of Egypt | Pharaoh |
| Old Kingdom | pyramids were built |