Chapter5 Voc

Question 1

One of a kind; different from all others

Answer 1

Unique

Question 2

A water fall or Rapids in a river

Answer 2

Cataract

Question 3

A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

Answer 3

Delta

Question 4

To separate from others

Answer 4

Isolate

Question 5

A nickel attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins

Answer 5

Shadoof

Question 6

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile

Answer 6

Papyrus

Question 7

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

Answer 7

Hieroglyphics

Question 8

A line of rulers from one family

Answer 8

Dynasty

Question 9

To unite; to bring together into one unit

Answer 9

Unify

Question 10

Government by religious leaders

Answer 10

Theocracy

Question 11

Ruler of ancient Egypt

Answer 11

Pharaoh

Question 12

A government official

Answer 12

Bureaucrat

Question 13

To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people

Answer 13

Distribute

Question 14

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

Answer 14

Embalming

Question 15

Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh

Answer 15

Pyramid

Question 16

A material that produced a pleasant smell when burned

Answer 16

Incense

Question 17

A government Representative to another country

Answer 17

Envoy

Question 18

A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or a subtropical region

Answer 18

Savanah

Question 19

Woven cloth

Answer 19

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