World History Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Silt | Rich Soil |
Cataract | high waterfalls, rapids |
Delta | triangle-shaped area (marshy flatland) |
Dynasty | ruling family |
Pharaoh | Ruler |
Vizier | Chief Minster |
Mummification | Preservation of a dead body |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
ideogram | pictures that symbolize idea or action |
Demotic | Egyptian language of the people |
Papyrus | reed along Nile used as paper |
Decipher | Decode |
Hierarchy | Social Classes:upper,middle,lower |
Ziggurat | trapezoidal temple(not tomb) |
Cuneiform | wedged shaped writing on clay tablets |
Codify | to arrange and set down laws in writing |
Criminal law | robbery,assault, murder. |
Civil law | property inheritance, taxes, marriage, Divorce |
tolerance | victor "acceptance" of vanquished |
Satrap | a governor in Persian empire |
Barter economy | exchange good for another good |
Money economy | exchange 'money' for a good |
colony | territory settled and ruled by foreign people |
Alphabet | letters that represent spoken sounds |
Monotheistic | belief in one god |
Covenant | a binding agreement |
patriarchal | father is head of family |
Sabbath | holy day for rest and worship |
Prophet | spiritual leader |
Ethics | moral standards |
Diaspora | scattering of people. |
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