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EGYPT HOLT 6th grade
Egypt chapter 4 STUDY GUIDE FOR MRS. EMERY'S TEST
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a mixture of tinny bits of soil and rock | silt |
a very fertile, flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water | delta |
Nile River | worlds largest river flows over 4,000 miles north. |
Lower Egypt | downstream part of the Nile. |
Upper Egypt | The southern region, cut through cliffs and desert dands. |
Unification | joining of seperate parts into one. |
Pharaoh | rulers of Egypt, highest on social pyramid |
economy | the way people manage money and resource |
hieroglyphics | system of writing made up of about 800 picture signs |
scribe | writers who kept records of details great and small |
papyrus | a reed plant that grows along Nile, Ancient Egyptioans used to make paper |
Menes | first pharoh of Egypt |
Khufu | Pharaoh ordered construction of the Great Pyramid to be his tomb. |
Memphis | Egypts capital city |
Thebes | upper Egypts capital revolt. |
empire | a group of lands and peoples ruled by one government |
expedition | a group of people who go on a trip for a set reason |
Ahmose | set out to make Egypt the strongest military power in its part of the world |
Hatshepsut | one of the few female pharos. expanded egyptian trade. |
Tutankhamun | young man who ruled Egypt from 9 yrs old -19 when he died. Best known today for his magnificent tomb. |
Nubia | Southern Kingdom thriving with gold mines and trading networks. |
Kush | Wealthy Kingdom controlled rich trade routes to other African Kingdoms |
Valley of the Kings | Resting place of 30 New Kingdom Pharaohs |
Social Pyramid | How egyptian society was shaped. |
slavery | practice of one person owning another person. |
small scale map | view of the "Big Picture" |
large scale map | provides more details aout smaller areas. |