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Unit 3 Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Delta | Mouth of the river |
| Elevation | The reason why the Nile flows north |
| Cataracts | dangerous rapids |
| Inundation | predictable summer flood that deposited rich silt |
| Irrigation | manage its water resources for agriculture |
| Shadoof | hand-operated lifting device used to draw water from a river |
| Scarce | Insufficient amount of water |
| Pharaoh | supreme political and religious ruler of ancient Egypt |
| Theocracy | government where a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler |