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WH Chapter 2
World History Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silt | Rich soil deposited by the river. |
| Cataract | Rapids and waterfalls. |
| Delta | A triangular shaped marshy land from a river. |
| Dynasty | A family that has rule |
| Pharaoh | The ruler of the people. God king. |
| Vizier | Second hand man of the Pharaoh. |
| Mummification | To preserve a dead body. |
| Hieroglyphics | Writing that are pictures made by the Egyptian's. |
| Ideograms | A form of writing by making pictures that symbolize something. |
| Demotic | The language of the Egyptian people. |
| Papyrus | A tall grass that grows along a river that was used for paper. |
| Decipher | To translate something unknown. |
| Hierarchy | The social classes like lower, middle, and upper. |
| Ziggurat | A temple in the shape of a pyramid built for religious beliefs. |
| Cuneiform | Writing on clay tablets in a wedge-shape. |
| Codify | To make laws in writing. |
| Criminal Law | The law on assault, murder, and robbery. |
| Civil Law | Law on marriage, divorce, taxes, and property inheritance. |
| Tolerance | When the victor accepts the vanquished. |
| Satrap | A governot during the Persian empire. |
| Barter Economy | To exchange a good for a good. |
| Money Economy | To use money to get a good. |
| Colony | A territory that is ruled and settled by a foreign people. |
| Alphabet | Spoken sounds that get represented by letters. |
| Monotheistic | The believe in one god. |
| Covenant | An agreement that is binding. |
| Patriarchal | The father that isn the head of the family. |
| Sabbath | A Jewish holy day for rest and worship. |
| Prophet | Leader that is spiritual. |
| Ethics | Standards that are moral. |
| Diaspora | To scatter people. |