| A | B |
|---|
| cataract | a waterfall |
| delta | the area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil |
| silt | fine soil deposited by a river |
| fertile | good for growing crops |
| linen | a type of fabric woven from flax plants |
| scribe | a person whose job was to write and keep records |
| hieroglyph | a picture that stands for a word or letter |
| papyrus | a paperlike material made from a papyrus reed |
| afterlife | life that takes place in another world after death |
| embalm | to preserve a body after death |
| mummy | a body that has been dried so it won't decay |
| dynasty | line of rulers from the same family |
| succession | the order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne |
| pharaoh | the title of a king in ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | structure with triangular sides that meet at a point |
| step pyramid | a pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps |
| Khufu | pharoah who built the Great Pyramid |
| Hatshepsut | an Egyptian queen who declared herself pharoah in 1472 B.C. and expanded trade |
| obelisk | a four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top |
| Ramses II | the pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C. and created a stable empire |
