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Ch.3 Social Studies

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Ch.3 Social Studies

Hunter
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delta

The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river
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Nile River

The worlds largest river that is in Africa

unification

The joining of two separate parts or kingdoms into one

pharaoh

The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt
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Old Kingdom

  Egypt from about 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C.
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mummification

The process of preserving a dead body through embalming and drying
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pyramid

A massive structure built of stone
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hieroglyphics

The ancient Egyptian system of writing
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papyrus

A paper made from papyrus that ancient Egyptians used for writing
Photo by Ian W Scott

economy

The way a country manages money and resources

Menes

King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt
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Khufu

Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid
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Jean Champollion

Translator of the Rosetta Stone
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expedition

A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason
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Hatshepsut

Female Egyptian pharaoh
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Akhenaton

Pharaoh who instituted monotheism

Ramses II

Pharaoh who defeated the Hittites
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cataract

A steep rapid in a river

social pyramid

A diagram illustrating the social order divisions with in a culture
Photo by Travis S.