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Phillips Global
Phillips - Chapter 5 - Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| delta | an area of fertile land at the mouth of a river |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together, often through deserts |
| pharaoh | a king, or ruler, of Egypt |
| civil war | fighting between people within their own country |
| economy | the system of making and trading things |
| basin | a bowl-like area for storing water |
| adopt | to begin to use |
| annex | to take over; to add a piece of land to one's country |
| hieroglyphics | a kind of picture writing in Egypt |
| obelisk | a tall, pointed stone pillar |
| papyrus | a reed from the Nile River used to make paper |
| cubit | a measurement that is the length of an arm from the end of the middle finger to the elbow |
| theocracy | ruler is in charge of both religion and government |