| A | B |
|---|
| desertification | change of fertile land into desert |
| delta | triangle-shaped area of rich soil at the mouth of a river |
| silt | fine bits of rock and soil |
| predict | to tell what will happen later today, tomorrow, or in the near future |
| cataract | waterfall |
| pharaoh | ruler, King or Queen |
| hieroglyphics | pictures or symbols that stand for ideas, objects or sounds |
| papyrus | paperlike material made from reeds |
| pyramid | tomb for the dead, often a dead ruler |
| mummy | preserved body |
| obelisk | stone monument |
| trading network | group of buyers and sellers |
| independence | to have complete freedrom |
| Hatshepsut | 1st women pharaoh of Egypt |
| Rosetta Stone | written with three kinds of writing --- two Egyptian and one Greek |
| Cairo | capital of Egypt |
| Rosetta | city near Nile Delta |
| Ra | sun god |
| River Nile | longest in the world |
| Tutankhamen | youngest pharaoh of Egypt |
| Howard Carter | archaeologist who discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922 |
| Nubia | city south of Cairo |
| inundation | rising waters |
| Amenhotep | urged his people to worship one god |
| Memphis | city founded by King Narmer |
| canal | carries water for irrigation or back to rivers after flooding |
| Kushite | one of many leaders who conquered and governed Egypt |
| Mediterranean Sea | large body of salt water near the northern coast of Egypt |
| Red Sea | long and narrow sea connected to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Egypt | continent of Africa |
| dynasty | series of rulers from the same family |
| drought | dry season |
| 30 degrees Longitude and Latitude | the city of Cairo |
| sphinx | statue --- half-human and half-animal |
