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Unti 2 - Chapter 5
Egypt - The Gift of the NIle - 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A area of fertile land at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| Something that causes harm or problems | Disaster |
| A group of traders traveling together, often through deserts | Caravan |
| A plan of work; a series of jobs | Project |
| To bring together as one | Unite |
| A king, or ruler, of Egypt | Pharaoh |
| A place to bury a dead body | Tomb |
| Fighting between people within theri own country | Civil war |
| The system of making and trading things | Economy |
| Having great power | Powerful |
| A bowl-like area for storing water | Basin |
| To draw off water from a swampy or wet place | Drain |
| To begin to use | Adopt |
| A metal covering that protects the body in battle | Armor |
| A person from another country | Foreigner |
| To wrap a dead body in strips of cloth so as to keep the body from decaying | Mummify |
| To take over; to add a pice of land to one's country | Annex |
| To set up; to get a series or number of things in order | Organize |
| Rich; having wealth | Wealthy |
| To put together into one | Combine |
| A kind of picture writing in Egypt | Hieroglyphics |
| Faithful | Loyal |
| A tall,pointed stone pillar | Obelisk |
| A gift made to a god | Offering |
| A high body temperature | Fever |
| A reed from the Nile River used to make paper | Papyrus |
| A roll of papyrus | Scroll |
| A measurement that is the length of an arm from thje end of the middle finger to the elbow | Cubit |
| to maesure land | Survey |