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Unit 2 Ancient Egypt
| question | answer |
|---|---|
| Government | How a civilization keeps order |
| Religion | Belief in God or gods |
| Art ( And Architecture | How a civilization expresses values and creativity |
| Technology | Tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| System Of Writing | A means of keeping records or communicating. |
| Stable Food Supply | There is enough food for all the people all the time |
| Social Structure | How people are organized into groups |
| Civilization | A culture with the seven characteristics |
| Ancient Egypt | Ancient civilization located primarily along the Nile River. |
| Nile River Valley | Valley in ancient Egypt |
| River Valley Civilization | Civilization in a valley with a river |
| Prehistory | History before writing |
| Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders |
| Trade/Commerce | buying and selling of goods |
| Archeology | Study of artifacts |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system |
| Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |
| Tomb | A large vault |
| Scribe | A person who writes things down |
| Peasant | A farmer with a small farm |
| Artisan | A skilled crafts person |
| Priest | A person who performs religious ceremonies |
| Pyramid | Huge |
| After Life | A life believed to follow death |
| Embalm | to preserve a body after death |
| Silt (Alluvium) | fertile land on the banks of the Nile deposited every year after the Nile flooded. The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing their crops. |
| Vizier | a high government official in ancient Egypt |
| Sarcophagus | Stone coffin |
| Census | The official count of a population |
| famine | An extreme shortage of food |