Vocab 1
What is the compass rose
a part of the map that shows north east south and west
What is a artifact
an object made or used by people in the past.
What is irrigation
a system that brings water from one place to another also where the water is needed
What is a shabti
small carved dolls that was belived to turn into humans to help you in your farm in the after life
Reigon
Area of land that is owned by one family.
What is a map title
Something describing what the map shows.
What is prehistory
The time before written history
What is fertile
A land full of nutrients and can grow and support plants.
What is a heart scarab
A necklace wrapped with a mummified body to help someone to pass the 42 judges
orarle bone
A piece of bone heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from the king's ancestors.
What is a scale
a part of a map that shows distance of something.
What is a archeologist
An expert who studies the past by examining artifacts.
What is a artisan
A skilled worker who created items by hand
What are hyerioglyphics
Ancient egyption writing style
man date of heaven
A belief in ancinet china that a rulers power came from the gods of heaven
what is Key
a part of a map that shows what symbols or colors mean on the map
What is a historian
A person who studies and records that past.
Who is a merchant
Someone that trades goods and makes money by trading goods.
What is a book of the dead
A book that contained spells and advice to help a person through the after life
Dynasty
one family that rules over a place for a long time
What are Lines of latitude
Imaginary lines that run across the earth parrallel with the equator they show distance from the equator.
What is a geographer
An expert who studies and creates maps.
What is a scribe
Someone who reads and writes documents.
What is a treaty
A written argeument of peace written between two sides.
Loess
light fertile soil that grows healthy grain crops