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Chapter 3
Key Terms And Diffintions
Question | Answer |
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Delta | Area At The Mouth Of A River, Often Triangle-Shaped, Made Up Of Silt Deposits |
Cataracts | Rocky Stretches In A River Marked By Rapid Currents Of Waterfalls |
Menes | First Pharaoh Of Egypt |
Pharaoh | Ruler Of Ancient Egypt |
Theocracy | A Government Ruled By Religious Leaders Who Claim Gods Authority |
Bureaucracy | A Nightly Structured Organization Often Government Managed By Officials |
Hatsheput | Queen Of Ancient Egypt |
Ramses The Great | Pharaoh Of Egypt |
Obelisks | Tall,Thin Pillars With Pyramid Shaped Loyes |
Mummification | The Process Of Preserving The Body With Chemicals After Death |
Hieroglyphics | A Form Of Ancient Writing In Which Picture Symbols Represent Sounds |
Papyrus | A Paper Like Material Made By Ancient Egyptians From The Stem Of The Ready Papyrus Plant Which Grows In The Nile River Delta |
Rosetta Stone | A Granite Stone Found In Riggs That Bears An Inscription In Hieroglyphics Demotic Characters, and Greek |
Plankhi | King Of Ancient Kush |
Smelt | To Melt Or Fuse Metal In Order To Separate The Metallic Components |