Key Terms: Nile river

Question 1

groups of rocky rapids. there are 6 on the nile river

Answer 1

cataract

Question 2

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

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delta

Question 3

king or rule of ancient egypt

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Pharoah

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a ruling family

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dynasty

Question 5

a system of offices/officials that handle the business of the government

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bureaucracy

Question 6

a drawing or symbol that represents a word or a sound

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hieroglyphics

Question 7

a material simmilar to paper made from reeds found along the nile

Answer 7

papyrus

Question 8

statue or other free standing piece with art made of clay stone etc

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sculpture

Question 9

the study of the structure of the body and its organs

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anatomy

Question 10

a body preserved specially so it wont decompose

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mummy

Question 11

a hard white material made from elephant tusk

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ivory

Question 12

one of the world’s first languages

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Meroitic script

Question 13

a black wood from west africa

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ebony

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skilled worker who practices a handicraft

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artisan

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to produce or create

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generate

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having to do with natural surroundings

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enviromental

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to depend on;to trust

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rely

Question 18

to continue to live, exist

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survive