| A | B |
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| pharaoh | king of ancient Egypt; "great house" |
| sphinx | statue with the body of a lion and the head of a human |
| delta | land formed by mud and sand; shaped like an upside-down triangle |
| dynasty | family that passes down the right to rule to their offspring |
| papyrus | reeds used for making paper |
| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian writing; "priestly carvings" |
| silt | mixture of water and soil; added a fertile topsoil to the banks of the Nile |
| export | something sent to another country for sale |
| pyramid | tomb for a pharaoh |
| economy | using natural resources and workers to produce goods and services |
| dunes | mounds of sand heaped up by wind |
| mouth | the end of a river where it connects into a bigger body of water |
| culture | language, religion, customs, and way of life of a specific group of people |
| Sahara Desert | world's largest desert |
| Nile River | world's longest river |
| Upper and Lower Egypt | parts of Egypt before unification |
| Menes | pharaoh responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt |
| ruling class | nobles and priests |
| middle class | merchants, scribes, physicians, skilled workers, and soldiers |
| lower class | peasants and slaves |
| Hatshepsut | Egyptian woman who ruled as pharaoh |
| Thutmose III | stepson of Hatshepsut; tried to remove her name from history |
| Kush | kingdom to the south of Egypt; found in present day Sudan |
| ka | spirit of an Egyptian that went on living after a person had died |
| Step Pyramid | first great stone building in the world; built for pharaoh Zoser |
| Great Pyramid | largest pyramid; built for Cheops |
| Tutankhamen | famous for the discovery of his tomb in tact |
| Howard Carter | discoverd King Tut's tomb |
| Rosetta Stone | helped Jean Champollion decipher hierogliphics |
| geometry | "earth measuring"; branch of math developed by Egyptians |
| astronomy | study of the stars |
