1) Nile River a) longest river in the world that flows North and empties into the Mediterranean Sea b) waterfalls or churning rapids in a river c) mixture of tiny bits soil that get carried by the river and deposited (placed) at the mouth (end) and rocks that  d) flat fan-shaped land made of silt at the mouth of a river 2) Silt a) farming and raising livestock b) longest river in the world that flows north and ends at Mediterranean Sea c) water, food source, transportation and fertile soil d) mixture of tiny bits soil that get carried and deposited at the mouth of a river 3) Delta a) Egyptian picture writing  b) waterfalls or churning rapids in the river c) flat, fan-shaped land made of depositedmouth of the rive silt at the d) a group of lands ruled by one government 4) cataracts a) waterfalls or churning rapids in the river b) a system of moving water from one place to another using a system of canals and ditches c) a job d) first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 5) "Gifts of the Nile" a) water, food source, fertile soil and transportation b) an extra of something c) a burial building that looks like a flat bench d) flat, fan-shaped land made of deposited silt at the mouth of a river 6) irrigation a) a system of moving water from one place to another using ditches and canals b) the way people manage money and resources c) line of rulers who belong to the same family d) a professional writer 7) shadouf a) a tool to get water out of a river to irrigate land (has a weighted pole and a bucket) b) joining separate parts c) a system of shapes, lines and angles d) plants that can be used to make papter 8) Agriculture a) farming and raising livestock b) trade c) artwork with a raised surface d) word for palace that means ruler 9) surplus a) extra; more than enough b) a job c) trade d) people who grow their own food 10) geometry a) a system of shapes, lines and angles b) a tall, slender, four-sided stone c) triangular shaped structures used as a burial tomb d) linen cloth made from the flax plant 11) bas-relief a) artwork with a raised surface b) key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics c) working together to accomplish a goal d) a professional writer 12) cooperation a) working together to accomplish a goal b) Egyptian picture writing c) a group of lands ruled by one government d) trade 13) Papyrus a) the plant used to make a form of paper b) a book of hymns and prayers to protect people in the afterlife c) joining of separate parts d) structure with the head of a human and body of a lion 14) flax a) plant used to make a form of paper b) the plant that people used to make linen cloth for clothes and to wrap mummies in   c) egyptian picture writing d) farming and raising livestock 15) Rosetta Stone a) a form of paper b) a stone had the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics c) a professional writer d) water, food source, fertile soil and transportation 16) hieroglyphics a) Egyptian picture writing b) plant used to make linen cloth for clothes and to wrap mummies in c) an extra of something; more than you need right now d) the way people manage money and resources 17) scribe a) a professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents b) stone discovered to have the key to understanding hieroglyphics c) longest river in the world, flows Northward and empties into Mediterranean Sea d) first Pharaoh of Egypt 18) dynasty a) people that grow their own food b) a line of rulers that passes power from one family member to the next family member c) a group of lands ruled by one governement d) a family that rules for a long time; the power stays in the family 19) Menes a) the first pharaoh of Egypy, who united Upper and Lower Egypt b) ordered the Great Pyramid  c) word that means Great Palace d) group of lands ruled by one governement 20) Pharaoh a) The leader of Egypt, though to be related to the gods; the word means Great Palace b) capital city of Upper Egypt c) a triangle shaped building to bury pharaohs d) the flat, fan-shaped land made of silt at the mouth of a river 21) Empire a) group of lands ruled by one government b) waterfalls or churning radics in a river c) artwork with a raised surface d) working together to accomplish a goal 22) unification a) joining of separate parts, like kingdoms b) a system of shapes, lines and angles c) plants used to make paper d) structure that has the head of a human and the body of a lion 23) pyramid a) triangular shaped structure used as a tomb (place to bury) a pharaoh b) structure that has the head of a human and the body of a lion c) burial place (tomb) that has a flat top and slanted sides; to bury nobles d) tall, slender 4-sided pillar with a small pyramid on top 24) Sphinx a) structure that has the head of a human and the body of a lion and th b) triangle shaped structure used as a tomb (place to bury) a pharaoh c) 4-sided pillar with a small pyramid on top d) structure with a flat top and slanted sides; to bury nobles 25) mastabas a) structure with a flat top and slanted sides; to bury nobles b) structure with the head of a human and the body of a lion c) 4-sided pillar with a small pyramid on top d) triangle shaped structure used as a tomb (burial place) for pharaohsb 26) obelisk a) 4-sided pillar with a small pyramid on topp b) structure with a flat top and slanted sides; to bury nobles c) triangle structure used as a tomb (burial place) for pharaohs d) structure with the head of a human and the body of a lion 27) Book of the Dead a) book of hymns and prayers to guide and protect people in the afterlife b) plant used to make a form of paper c) form of picture-writing d) a professional writer who kept records and documents

Gr. 6 Humanities Egypy Vocabulary

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