Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Silt | Rich soil.
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| Cataract | High waterfall, rapids.
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| Delta | Triangle-shaped, marshy area.
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| Dynasty | Ruling family.
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| Pharoah | Ruler.
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| Vizier | Chief minister.
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| Mummification | Preservation of dead bodies.
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| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing.
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| Ideogram | Pictures that symbolize idea or action.
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| Demotic | Egyptian language of the people.
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| Papyrus | Reed along the Nile used as paper.
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| Decipher | Decode.
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| Hierarchy | Social classes: upper, middle, lower.
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| Ziggurat | Trapezoidal temple (not tomb)
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| Cuneiform | Wedged-shaped writing on clay tablets.
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| Codify | To arrange and set down laws in writing.
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| Criminal Law | Robbery, assault, murder.
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| Civil Law | Property inheritance, taxes, marriage, divorce.
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| Tolerance | Victor ‘acceptance’ of vanquished.
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| Satrap | A governor in Persian empire.
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| Barter Economy | Exchange good for good.
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| Money Economy | Exchange money for good.
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| Colony | Territory settled and ruled by foreign people.
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| Alphabet | Letters that represents spoken words.
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| Monothestic | The belief in one God.
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| Covenant | A binding agreement.
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| Patriarchal | Father is head of the family.
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| Sabbath | Holy day for rest and worship.
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| Prophet | Spiritual leader.
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| Ethics | Moral standards.
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| Diaspora | Scattering of people.
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