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Egypt A-3
SS Asselin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cataract | A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water |
| delta | The place at the mouth of a river where it splits into several streams to form an aera shaped like a triangle |
| silt | Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river |
| Herodous | Greek author who traveled thrughout the known world |
| Lower Nubia | A ancient region in northern Africa extending from the Nile Valley in Egypt |
| Upper Nubia | An ancient region in noutheastern Africa that extented from the Nile Valley in Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | An area in ancient Egypt in the Nile Valley |
| Lower Egypt | An aera in ancient Egypt, in the northern Nile River region |
| Nubia | A desert in the Nile River Valley |
| Mummy | A dead body preserved in lifelike condition. |
| Giza | An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt. |
| Thutmose III | The greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom. |
| Pyramid | A huge building walls shaped like triangles. |
| afterlife | life after death. |
| papyrus | reed plant of the Nile Valley, used to make a form of paper |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing made of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians |
| dynasty | line of rulers from the same family |
| pharaoh | all-powerful king in Ancient Egypt |
| deity | god or goddess |
| embalming | process developed by the Ancient Egyptians of perserving a person's body after death |
| tribute | payment made by one group or a nation to another to show obedience or obtian peace or protection |
| incense | material burned for its pleasant smell |
| savanna | grassy plain |
| Egypt | a country located in Northeast Africa, it was a site of a rich and powerful Ancient civilization |
| Nile River | the world's longest river which flows north from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Sahara | the world's largest desert located in North Africa |
| Narmer | the king of Upper Egypt, he united the two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt in about 3100 B.C. |
| King Khufu | ancient Egyptian king for whom the Great Pyramid was built |
| Thebes | when a new dynasty of pharaohs came to power during what is called the Middle Kingdom, they moved their capital south from Memphis to this city |
| Ahmose | an Egyptian prince who led an uprising that drove the Hykos out of Egypt around 1550 B.C. |
| Hatshepsut | a pharaoh and queen of Egypt |
| Akhenaton | pharoah whose real name was Amenhotep IV |
| approaching | coming closer |
| device | tool invented for a specific use |
| assuring | guaranteeing |
| cease | to stop; to end |
| resource | something that can be used if needed |
| communicate | to exchange information |
| emerged | came into being |
| portion | a share |
| obtain | to get through effort |
| focused | paid attention to |
| stability | permanence |
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