| A | B |
| Civilization | an advanced culture with an urban design |
| Cradles of Civilization | The river valley civilizations |
| Irrigation | Transporting water to crops |
| Division of Labor | Giving people in a civilization certain jobs |
| Artisans | a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery |
| Bronze Age | when man started using bronze tools |
| Iron Age | the age when man started using iron |
| Nile River | flows through egypt, and floods seasonally |
| Delta | the area of a river that flows into the sea |
| Pharaoh | name for the leader of Egypt |
| Papyrus | paper used by Egyptians |
| Hieroglyphics | form of writing used by Egyptians |
| Hatshesput | female pharaoh of Egypt |
| Pyramids | Tombs built for the pharohs |
| Scribes | men who wrote laws and documents |
| Mummification | a process used by Egyptian to perserve a body |
| Fertile Crescent | Historic region of the Middle East consisting of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and the West Bank |