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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Unit 4 Vocabulary
Old Vocabulary
Crossword Puzzle
100
What is the name of the boy in this story?
What is Zet?
100
What is the clue that Zet tells the medjay for free?
What is the thief had two different sandals?
100
This is the belief in a life after death.
What is an afterlife?
100
This is a fancy way of saying "complete".
What is absolute?
100
This is when something is correct, free from mistakes?
What is accurate?
100
Egypt is the "gift" of what?
What is "the gift of the Nile"?
200
Who chases the man through the market place?
Who are the medjay?
200
How many debens of copper does the medjay offer to pay Zet if he solves the case?
What is 20 debens of copper?
200
This is when many people do not have enough food to eat.
What is famine?
200
This is a plant the ancient Egyptians used to make a paper like material.
What is papyrus?
200
To determine the value of something or someone?
What is to evaluate?
200
The main staple of the commoner was _______.
What is bread?
300
What is the job of the main characters?
What is selling pottery.
300
What is the name of the medjay officer?
What is Merimose?
300
This is a series of actions that are preformed in the same way, and usually for religious reasons.
What is ritual?
300
This is a type of government that is controlled by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
300
This is when a religion or system of belief has many gods.
What is polytheistic?
300
Hieroglyphs go back about how far?
A.) 1000 BCE.
B.) 2000 BCE.
C.) 3000 BCE.
D.) 4000 BCE.
What is C.
400
Where is the main characters father in this story?
Fighting the Hyksos.
400
What is the information that Zet did not tell the medjay?
That he knew where the man with two different sandals lived.
400
!!!Daily Double!!! A series of rulers that come from a common family.
What is a dynasty?
400
This is when something is thought to have a special connection with religious powers.
What is sacred?
400
This is the academic term for the "new stone age".
What is the Neolithic?
400
!!!Daily Double!!! What is the verb to make a mummy?
What is "to mummify"?
500
What is the name of the date vendor in the market?
What is Salatis?
500
How many sacks of grain could Zet get for 20 copper debens?
What is at least ten sacks?
500
A person who is born near the top of a social hierarchy and has special rights and privileges.
What is a noble?
500
This is a public or religious event that has rules and traditions.
What is a ceremony?
500
To dig up, uncover, unearth.
What is to excavate?
500
Which political leader was thought of as a god in Ancient Egypt?
Who is the pharaoh?
600
What city does this story take place in?
What is Thebes?
600
"But you don't know-" She paused. He watched the realization dawn in her eyes.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is a metaphor.
600
This was the political and religious ruler of ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
600
This was the ancient Egyptian form of writing as well as an art.
What is hieroglyphs?
600
Anything that is written down: any language, any alphabet.
What is script?
600
Is upper Egypt in the North or the South?
What is the South?