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Social Studies Egypt
Egyptian Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Barge | A broad flat bottomed boat |
| Canal | An artificial waterway built to allows boats, or ships inland, or to convey water for irrigation |
| Cartouche | A carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled up ends |
| Civilization | The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced |
| Egypt | A country in northeastern Africa |
| Fertile Crescent | A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers |
| Hieroglyphics | Writing made up of pictorial symbols |
| Code | A system of words, letters, figures, laws, or pictures made up for people to follow |
| Indus River Valley | Major River Valley in Asia which flows through what is today Pakistan |
| Irrigation | A process which supplies water by artificial means |
| Job Specialization | An unwritten agreement within a community under which the members most suited perform that occupation |
| Khemet | The term the ancient Egyptians used as the official name of their land |
| Law | A system of rules enforced for people to follow or they will be punished |
| Levees | A bank built along a river to prevent flooding |
| Mesopotamia | The land between two rivers |
| Mummification | The process of preserving the bodies of the dead |
| Nobles | Belonging to a high class that has special social or political status |
| Obelisk | A stone pillar having a square bottom and a pyramid top; Set up as a monument |
| Papyrus | A plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which one can write |
| Peasants | Members of a social class of low rank who worked in the fields |
| Pharaoh | The ruler of Ancient Egypt |
| Polytheism | The belief in many Gods |
| Pyramid | A massive structure that serves as a tomb for the Egyptian pharaoh and high officials |
| Scribe | A class of scholars and copiers who were central to the functioning of government, the army and the priesthood |
| Shaduf | A hand operated device for lifting water |
| Sphinx | An ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram or hawk |
| Temple | A building of worship |
| Vizier | A high official in the Egyptian social pyramid |
| Social Pyramid | Shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance |
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