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| This word describes the ability to participate in negotiations effectively. | diplomacy |
| This is an area with a united group of people and one government. | nation-state |
| A person that gives advice to the ancient Egyptian king. | vizier |
| Ancient tombs for Egyptian rulers were called this. | pyramid |
| As the soil settles out at the mouth of a river, a fertile piece of land is formed called a what. | delta |
| When we are referring to an area in the country, we are talking about what kind of area. | rural |
| Ancient Egyptians wrote on this type of material instead of the paper we are used to using. | papyrus |
| What did the Egyptians call a preserved body? | mummy |
| If I was going to guess what was going to happen in the future, I ___________. | predict |
| This is the time that a king would rule an empire. | reign |
| When there is not enough food to feed the people, there is a ________________. | famine |
| The consideration on whether or not to trade is called ____________. | cost-benefit analysis |
| An area that is very dry is _________. | arid |
| When we talk about the time after we die, we call it the _______________. | afterlife |
| When two groups from the same country engage in war, we call it this. | civil war |
| Why did early farmers want to set up their farms on the delta? | The fertile soil was productive ground to grow crops. |
| What ancient Egyptian belief connected their religion to mummies? | the belief in the afterlife |
| The capital of the newly united Egypt was called __________. | Memphis |
| What were used as the tombs for Egyptian royalty? | pyramids |
| Ancient Egyptian scribes recorded information on what? | papyrus |
| Bodies were preserved in ancient Egypt because they felt they would need them again. When would they need their preserved body? | in the afterlife |
| What did ancient Egyptians call their writing system? | hieroglyph |
| When a new royal family came into power, this began their _________. | dynasty |
| The ruler in Egypt was called the ________________. | pharaoh |
| Describe the technology (3) that was developed by the farmers to control droughts and flooding. | Farmers built dams and dikes to control the waters of floods. They developed irrigation to supply water during times of drought and developed ways to store water. |
| How did farming add to the growth of trading centers (2)? | Surpluses in farming led to surpluses of grains like wheat and barley. Traders from other regions brought copper and wood to Egypt in exchange for grains and food. |
