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BMMS Egypt Ch 5
BMMS Ch 5 - Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cataract | a steep waterfall |
| delta | area near a river's mouth where sand and silt are deposited |
| silt | fine soil carried by a river |
| fertile | good for growing crops |
| linen | fibers from the flax plant woven to make lightweight material |
| scribe | person whose job it was to write and keep records |
| hieroglyphs | pictures that stand for words or sounds |
| papyrus | paper-like material made from the stem of the papyrus plant |
| afterlife | life believed to follow death |
| embalm | to preserve a body after death |
| mummy | body that has been preserved so that it won't decay |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from the same family |
| succession | order in which members of a royal family inherit the throne |
| pharaoh | king of Egypt, means "Great House" |
| pyramid | structure shaped like a triangle, with 4 sides that meet at a point |
| step pyramid | pyramid whose sides rise in a series of giant steps |
| Khufu | Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid to prove his greatness to the world |
| King Djoser (Zoser) | pharaoh who built of the Step Pyramid |
| Hatshepsut | first woman to rule as pharaoh |
| obelisk | four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top |
| Ramses II | ruled for 66 years, expanded the empire by attacking surrounding territories |
| shaduf | bucket on a lever, used to get water from the Nile to irrigation channels |
| Nile River | longest river in the world, lifeline of Egypt |
| black land | area where flooding deposited fertile black mud used for farming |
| red land | barren desert beyond the fertile region |
| Thutmose III | pharaoh who ruled after Hatshepsut |
| Akhenaton | closed temples to other gods so Egyptians would worship Aton, the sun god, the reforming pharaoh |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| nilometer | tool used for measuring water levels in the River Nile |
| King Menes (Narmer) | Legendary king who united the Upper and Lower kingdoms of Egypt |
| cartouche | oblong enclosure with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name |
| canopic jars | jars used to hold internal organs removed during mummification |
| Book of the Dead | a collection of spells that was buried with the mummy to protect them in the afterlife |
| limestone | main building material used in construction of the pyramids |
| Valley of the Kings | where tombs were constructed for the pharaohs of the New Kingdom |
| Rosetta Stone | Stone used to translate hieroglyphics |
| Ankh | hieroglyphic symbol for "life" |
| Great Pyramid | largest of the pyramids built for the pharaoh Khufu |
| natron | a mixture of salt and baking soda used in the mummification process |
| amulet | charm, or small piece of jewelry, placed in the wrappings of mummies to protect them in the afterlife |
| Sphinx | a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. |
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