SS - Chapter 4 Key Terms

Question 0

A flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years?

Answer 0

Delta

Question 1

Group of rocky rapids?

Answer 1

Cataract

Question 2

Skilled worker who practices a handcraft?

Answer 2

Artisan

Question 3

King of ancient Egypt?

Answer 3

Pharaoh

Question 4

A series of rulers from the same family’s?

Answer 4

Dynasty

Question 5

System of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations?

Answer 5

Bureaucracy

Question 6

A body that has been preserved so it will not decompose?

Answer 6

Mummy

Question 7

Symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound?

Answer 7

Hieroglyphic

Question 8

A writing surface similar to paper names after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River in ancient Egypt?

Answer 8

Papyrus

Question 9

Structure with triangular sides?

Answer 9

Pyramid

Question 10

Statue or other free-standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other materials?

Answer 10

Sculpture

Question 11

Study of the structure of the body and its organs?

Answer 11

Anatomy

Question 12

Buying and selling of goods and services?

Answer 12

Commerce

Question 13

Hard white material made from elephant tusks?

Answer 13

Ivory

Question 14

Dependence of each country or group on the other?

Answer 14

Interdependence

Question 15

One of the world’s first alphabets, invented in ancient Nubia?

Answer 15

Meroitic script

Question 16

Black wood from West Africa?

Answer 16

Ebony