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Egyptians ch5
Question | Answer |
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A waterfall or rapid in a ride | Cataract |
A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea | Delta |
To separate from others | Isolate |
A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins | Shadoof |
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile | Papyrus |
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols | Hieroglyphics |
A line of rulers from one family | Dynasty |
Government by religious leaders | Theocracy |
Ruler of ancient Egypt | Pharaoh |
A government official | Bureaucrat |
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying | Embalming |
Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh | Pyramid |
A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned | Incense |
A government representative to another country | Envoy |
A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region | Savanna |
Woven cloth | Textile |