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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a shadoof? | a device that bring up water into the Egyptian's fields. |
| `what is a delta? | flat land made up of silt dropped by a river as it leads into a bigger body of water. |
| what is unification? | the bringing together of separate parts into one |
| what/who is a pharaoh? | a ruler in ancient Egypt time |
| what is the Old kingdom? | the period of time when pharaohs worked to build unity in the country |
| what is mummification? | a process of keeping bodies of the dead |
| what is a pyramid? | very very very big stone structures that were also built as tombs, and burial places |
| hieroglyphics | a writing process that had about 800 pictures or signs |
| Rosetta Stone | a stone that had 3 different languages on it but all of the languages said the exact same thing |
| papryus | a reed plant that grows along the Nile River |
| economy | a way a country will handle its resources to produce goods and services |
| expedition | a journey for a very specific purpose |
| cateract | a very steep rapid in a river |
| social pyramid | a pyramid shaped chart that presents the rank of people in its society |