Chapter.5 Vocab

Question 1

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

Answer 1

delta

Question 2

A bucket attached to a long pole use to transfer river water to storage basins.

Answer 2

Shadow

Question 3

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile

Answer 3

papyrus

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Hieroglyphics

Question 5

A line of rulers from one family.

Answer 5

Dynasty

Question 6

One of a kind different from all others.

Answer 6

Unique

Question 7

To separate from others.

Answer 7

Isolate

Question 8

To unite; to bring together into one unit.

Answer 8

Unify

Question 9

Government by religious leaders

Answer 9

Theocracy

Question 10

Ruler of ancient Egypt

Answer 10

Pharaoh

Question 11

A government official

Answer 11

Bureaucrat

Question 12

Process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

Answer 12

embalming

Question 13

Great stone to build for an Egyptian pharaoh

Answer 13

Pyramid

Question 14

To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people

Answer 14

Distribute

Question 15

Important or significant

Answer 15

Crucial

Question 16

To be president continuously or have a home in a particular place

Answer 16

Reside

Question 17

Work

Answer 17

Labor

Question 18

To build

Answer 18

Construct

Question 19

The function or part an individual fills in society

Answer 19

Role

Question 20

Involving physical effort

Answer 20

Manual

Question 21

To gain something through a planned effort

Answer 21

Obtain

Question 22

A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned

Answer 22

Incense

Question 23

A government representative to another country

Answer 23

Envoy

Question 24

To get possession of something

Answer 24

Acquire

Question 25

The right or power to give orders, make decisions, or control people

Answer 25

Authority

Question 26

To become weaker

Answer 26

Decline

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Savanna

Question 28

Woven cloth

Answer 28

Textile

Question 29

To depend on someone or something

Answer 29

Rely

Question 30

To invite the start of a competition

Answer 30

Challenge

Question 31

A waterfall or Rapids in a river.

Answer 31

cataract