a carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends.

a barbed spear,used for hunting large fish.

writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols.

ancient egyptian name for their land (it means "black land").

a bank (high pile of dirt) built a long a river to prevent flooding.

the process of preserving the bodies of the dead.

people belonging to a high class that have special social or political status.

a four-sided pillar that ends in a pyramid,used as a monument.

a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write.

people in a low ranking social class,who often worked in the fields.

a huge structure that was used as a tomb for the egyptain pharaoh and high officals.

a bucket device for lifting water from the river.

shows each social class in order of importance.

ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man.it guards the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Advisor to the Pharaoh, government official

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s.s egypt

Question	Answer
barge	a broad,flat bottomed boat.
cartouche	a carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends.
harpoon	a barbed spear,used for hunting large fish.
hieroglyphics	writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols.
khemet	ancient egyptian name for their land (it means "black land").
levees	a bank (high pile of dirt) built a long a river to prevent flooding.
mummification	the process of preserving the bodies of the dead.
nobles	people belonging to a high class that have special social or political status.
obelisks	a four-sided pillar that ends in a pyramid,used as a monument.
papyrus	a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write.
peasants	people in a low ranking social class,who often worked in the fields.
pharaoh	the ruler of ancient egypt.
pyramid	a huge structure that was used as a tomb for the egyptain pharaoh and high officals.
shaduf	a bucket device for lifting water from the river.
social pyramid	shows each social class in order of importance.
sphinx	ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man.it guards the Great Pyramid of Giza.
vizier	Advisor to the Pharaoh, government official

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