Unit 3 Egypt Vocabulary Squares V 1 cataract

Unit 3: Egypt Vocabulary Squares

V 1: cataract Definition: waterfall or rapids in a river Possible Sentence: The cataracts protected Egypt from Invaders.

V 2: delta • Definition: a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea • Possible Sentence: The delta in Egypt is where the fertile land is located.

V 3: shadoof l Definition: a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins l Possible sentence: A shadoof helped the Egyptian farmers keep crops watered animals from being thirsty.

V 4: papyrus Definition: paper created from the papyrus plant Possible sentence: The Egyptians used papyrus for writing.

V 5: hieroglyphics • Definition: a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols Extra Info: (hiero/hier – sacred, holy, religious) (glyphic – a form of writing) Possible sentence: The Egyptians used hieroglyphics to communicate when they wrote on papyrus.

V 6. pharaoh • Definition: ruler of ancient Egypt • Possible Sentence: The pharaoh in Egypt had total power.

V 7. theocracy Definition – government ruled by religious leaders Extra Info: theo – god ocracy/crat – to govern, to rule Possible sentence: Egypt’s government was a theocracy, meaning the leaders were considered gods. Vizzier served the pharaoh

V 8. bureaucrat • Definition: a government official Extra Info: ocracy/crat – to govern, to rule Possible sentence: The bureaucrat in Egypt was in charge of collecting taxes.

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V 9. pyramid • Definition: stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh • Possible sentence: The pyramids were • tombs for the pharaohs.

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V. 11 Rosetta Stone Definition: Stone found by Napoleon’s army in 1799. It helped translate the hieroglyphs. The stone has two different languages: hieroglyphic and Greek. Possible sentence: The reason we know what hieroglyphics say is because of the Rosetta Stone.