1. Egypt Vocabulary
Chapter 4

2. Vocabulary
Delta
Fan-shaped area of fertile land

3. Vocabulary
Cataracts
waterfalls

4. Vocabulary
Basin
Bowl- shaped holes

5. Vocabulary
Shadoof
A machine Egyptians used to lift water from the Nile to the basins

6. Vocabulary Pharaoh The Egyptian king
rulers from the same families would establish a Dynasty

7. Vocabulary
Pyramids
Great tombs of the pharaohs

8. Vocabulary
Embalming
Process to preserve the dead

9. Vocabulary
Mummy
Wrapped body

10. Vocabulary
Hieroglyphics
Writing in which pictures stand for words

11. Vocabulary
Papyrus
Egyptian paper