Egypt
What is a delta?
An area of sediment,soil or mineral carried by water, deposited at the mouth of a river.
What is a Sarissa?
An 18-foot long spear.
What is loess?
A fine, dust like material that can form soil
What is a pharoah?
A king of ancient Egypt.
Who had control over their family in Ancient Greece?
The Man.
What were dikes?
Walls to hold back water.
The pharoah relied on a ___________?
Bureaucracy.
What were tyrannies?
Governments run by a strong ruler.
What were Oracle bones?
Animal bones or turtle shells carved with written characters that the Shang kings used to try to tell the future.
________ and __________ were two famous New Kingdom pharoah.
Hatshepsut, Ramses the second.
Sparta’s government was a mixture of _________, _________, and __________.
Monarchy, Oligarchy, and democracy.
What is a mummy?
A body preserved by a special process.
What is a phalanx?
A formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit.