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Egypt
Vocabulary Cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Akhenaten | also known as Amenhotep IV; pharaoh of Egypt; from the 18th dynasty; changed the way Egyptians worshipped many gods to only worshipping the Sun God. |
| Bureaucrat | someone who works for the government |
| Cataract | waterfall in the Nile River |
| Conquest | controlling a place and its people by winning a military battle |
| Decline | the reasons why a civilization lost its power |
| Delta | the place where a river flows into a sea or ocean; EX: Nile River Delta |
| Dynasty | a line of rulers from the same family |
| Embalming | the process of removing and treating organs of a dead body to prepare it for the afterlife |
| Envoy | a messenger sent to work with a foreign government |
| Floodplain | an area of a low-lying ground adjacent to a river |
| Hatshepsut | Woman Pharaoh of Egypt; pretended to be a man; increase Egypt's trade, economy, built relationships with citizens |
| Hieroglyphics | Writing Style of Egyptians; symbols carved into stone or written on papyrus |
| Hymn | a song or poem used to praise a God |
| Impotep | an architect in Egypt; designed many of the pharaoh's pyramids |
| Insense | a gum, spice or other material burned for its sweet smell |
| Isolate | to be an independent nation; to be alone |
| Kemet | fertile soil used for growing crops in the Nile River |
| King Tut | youngest Pharaoh of Egypt; died at age 12 or 13; had a cursed tomb |
| Manual Labor | working by hand; building with your hands |
| Monotheism | the belief in one god |
| Narmer | Pharaoh of Egypt that united Egypt; married the princess of lower Egypt |
| Nile River | main river of Egypt; flows backwards; produces Kemet; used for irrigation, travel, transportation, trade, food and water source; has cataracts |
| Papyrus | a Nile River plant used to make paper |
| Pharaoh | A King of Egypt |
| Polytheism | The belief in more than one God; Egyptians were polytheistic. |
| Pyramid | a structure built to honor a Pharaoh of Egypt; also a religious symbol; Pyramids of Giza guarded by the Sphinx |
| Ramses the Great | Pharaoh of Egypt; mistreated the Jews |
| Role | a job you do for your society |
| Shadoof | a tool used to get water from a river; a bucket attached to a pole |
| Social Classes | groups of people in a society organized into groups according to the amount of money they make for the work they do; EX: high (pharaoh, priest) middle (farmers, scribes, merchants, artisans) low (slaves, prisoners of war) |
| Theocracy | A style of Government where the Pharaoh (or King) controls the government and the religion of its citizens. |
| Tributary | a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake |
| Tutankhamun | King Tut; the living image of Amun; Amun Re- Sun God |
| Unify | to bring together |
| Unique | one of a kind; unlike anything else |
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