Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Egypt Vocabulary
Vocabulary from the 6th-grade Ancient Egypt Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| delta | a landform that forms at the mouth of a river where the river flows into another body of water |
| empire | a group of states or countries ruled under a single authority |
| hieroglyphics | a writing system invented in Egypt that used over 800 pictures to represent objects, actions, sounds, or ideas |
| mummification | the process of preserving and embalming a dead body in preparation for the afterlife |
| papyrus | a material prepared from the stem of a water plant that grew along the Nile River and was used in making sheets of paper to write on as well as to make rope, sandals, and boats |
| pharaoh | a ruler in ancient Egypt |
| Rosetta Stone | a stone tablet with inscriptions of the same decree (official message) written three ways: in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and demotic characters. |
| silt | fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as sediment which fertilizes the soil |
| social pyramid | a representation of the social structure of Egypt showing the division of classes organized into a pyramid |
| unification | the process of being united or made into a whole |
Created by:
CrystalHolland!
Popular World History sets