Chapter.5 Vocab Flashcards
A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.
delta
A bucket attached to a long pole use to transfer river water to storage basins.
Shadow
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
papyrus
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
Hieroglyphics
A line of rulers from one family.
Dynasty
One of a kind different from all others.
Unique
To separate from others.
Isolate
To unite; to bring together into one unit.
Unify
Government by religious leaders
Theocracy
Ruler of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
A government official
Bureaucrat
Process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
embalming
Great stone to build for an Egyptian pharaoh
Pyramid
To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people
Distribute
Important or significant
Crucial
To be president continuously or have a home in a particular place
Reside
Work
Labor
To build
Construct
The function or part an individual fills in society
Role
Involving physical effort
Manual
To gain something through a planned effort
Obtain
A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
Incense
A government representative to another country
Envoy
To get possession of something
Acquire
