Vocab 1
A skilled worker who practices a handcraft.
What is an artisan?
Egyptian settlements started forming around this major water source.
What is the Nile River?
A group of rocky rapids.
What are cataracts?
A king in Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Egyptian had this belief in religion. A belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
An area of sediment deoposited at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
A structure with triangluar sides.
What is a pyramid?
Pyramids were used for this important purpose.
A body preserved by a special process.
What is a mummy?
A ruling family.
What is a dynasty?
Ivory comes from this part of an elephant.
What are the tusks?
A material made by reeds that was used similar to paper.
What is papyrus?
The buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
This civilization lived in the upper Nile River Valley, near Egypt?
What is Kush?
What are hieroglyphics?