n. 1, the words of a language collectively
Wow, enough with the vocabulary Mr. Tharp
The Nile River
People of the River
The Afterlife
100
a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
100
a waterfall or rapids in a river
What is a cataract?
100
The Nile River - the longest river in the world - is _________ miles long.
What is 4,000?
100
King of Upper Egypt, who conquered Lower Egypt, and married one of Lower Egypt's princesses, which unified the kingdoms.
Who is Narmer?
100
great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
What is a pyramid?
200
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins
What is a shadoof?
200
a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
What is papyrus?
200
This goddess ruled the Nile River
Who is Hapi?
200
traders, artisans, and scribes made up social class of ancient Egypt
What is the middle class?
200
an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips
What is a mummy?
300
ruler of ancient Egypt
Who is a pharaoh?
300
a line of rulers from one family
What is a dynasty?
300
This region of Egypt was located along the Nile River's north delta
What is Lower Egypt?
300
because of the hot Egyptian climate, families often gathered at this location to socialize, play games, and sleep
What are rooftops?
300
before mummification, ancient Egyptian's would remove all but one organ from the body. They believed you thought with this organ
What is the heart?
400
a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea
What is a delta?
400
government by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
400
This desert borders the Nile River
What is the Sahara?
400
priests and nobles made up this social class in ancient egypt
What is the upper class?
400
One of the most important writings of ancient Egypt. Egyptians studied its prayers and magic spells to prepare for the afterlife.
What is The Book of the Dead?
500
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
What is embalming?
500
a government official
What is a bureaucrat?
500
Unlike these two rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River had dependable and regular flooding.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
500
with the body of a lion and a human head, this ancient Egyptian ruin was built to honor one of Egypt's pharaoh's
What is the Sphinx?
500
salt used in the mummification process to draw out the moisture in the body
What is natron?
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