BB Unit 2 Chapters 2 and 3 Vocabulary

a shallow area of a river where the water moves fast over rocks or other obstacles

• monotheism

• famine

• delta

• cataract

the state of being made to live outside a place as a

form of punishment

• artifact

• exile

• scribe

• Exodus

a political and religious leader of ancient Egypt

• Scribe

• artifact

• pharaoh

• prophet

a tall plant that ancient Egyptians used to make paper;

the paper made from the plant of the same name

• cataract

• pyramid

• papyrus

• famine

someone chosen by God to bring a message to

people

• prophet

• Tanakh

• scribe

• hieroglyphics

land created by silt deposits at the mouth of a river

• monotheism

• famine

• delta

• pyramid

an object used during a past period in history

• hieroglyphics

• famine

• artifact

• papyrus

the religious belief in only one God

• scribe

• Tanakh

• Exodus

• monotheism

a person whose job is copying written information

• prophet

• pharaoh

• scribe

• delta

the story of the Israelites’ escape from ancient Egypt;

a departure of a large group of people, especially

migrants

• monotheism

• Tanakh

• exile

• Exodus