SS8 Chapter 5 Lesson 1

a waterfall or rapids in a river

• rushing

• rapids

• cataracts

• contracts

a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

• delta

• marsh

• swamp

• dash

a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins

• handle

• irrigation

• padosh

• shadoof

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River

• papyrus

• paper

• bamboo

• scribe

a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

• scribe

• pig Egyptian

• hieroglyphic

• papyrus

a line of rulers from one family

• Crimson Tide

• dynasty

• Egyptian lineage

• democracy

one of a kind; different from all others

• similar

• unique

• constant

• different

to separate from others; to separate from other populated areas; to set apart from others

• consistent

• group

• unify

• isolate

to bring together in one unit; to join; to make into one group

• isolate

• unify

• separate

• create