| A | B |
|---|
| savanna | a grassy plain |
| delta | low land formed at the mouth of the Nile |
| cataract | spot where water runs fast over rocks |
| nation-state | region with a single government |
| predict | tell ahead of time what will happen |
| inundation | yearly time of flooding in Egypt |
| afterlife | life after death |
| nome | capitals of city-states |
| dynasty | series of rulers of the same family |
| pharoah | king |
| vizier | adviser to the Pharaoh |
| decree | command |
| hieroglyphics | a writing system of pictures |
| papyrus | a paperlike material used in Ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | a burial place for the dead |
| mummy | a preserved body |
