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social studies

QuestionAnswer
Government how a civilization keeps order
Religion belief in a 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 goods
archaeology 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
Afterlife 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
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