Chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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Silt | Rich Soil
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Cataract | high waterfalls, rapids
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Delta | triangle-shaped area (marshy flatland)
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Dynasty | ruling family
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Pharaoh | Ruler
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Vizier | Chief Minster
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Mummification | Preservation of a dead body
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hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing
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ideogram | pictures that symbolize idea or action
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Demotic | Egyptian language of the people
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Papyrus | reed along Nile used as paper
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Decipher | Decode
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Hierarchy | Social Classes:upper,middle,lower
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Ziggurat | trapezoidal temple(not tomb)
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Cuneiform | wedged shaped writing on clay tablets
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Codify | to arrange and set down laws in writing
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Criminal law | robbery,assault, murder.
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Civil law | property inheritance, taxes, marriage, Divorce
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tolerance | victor "acceptance" of vanquished
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Satrap | a governor in Persian empire
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Barter economy | exchange good for another good
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Money economy | exchange 'money' for a good
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colony | territory settled and ruled by foreign people
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Alphabet | letters that represent spoken sounds
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Monotheistic | belief in one god
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Covenant | a binding agreement
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patriarchal | father is head of family
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Sabbath | holy day for rest and worship
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Prophet | spiritual leader
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Ethics | moral standards
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Diaspora | scattering of people.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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