Chapter 4 Egyptian Civilization Vocabulary

A triangle-shaped piece of fertile land formed from soil deposited at the mouth of a river.

• delta
• arid
• cataract
• papyrus

Rapids, or waterfalls.

• cataract
• arid
• delta
• papyrus

Very dry.

• arid
• vizier
• famine
• rural

To tell in advance.

• predict
• dynasty
• cost-benefit analysis
• famine

Life after death.

• afterlife
• arid
• famine
• reign

The skill of conducting negotiations

• diplomacy
• dynasty
• reign
• civil war

A region with a united group of people and a single government.

• nation-state
• dynasty
• reign
• cost-benefit analysis

A series of rulers from the same family.

• dynasty

• nation-state

• reign

• papyrus

The chief adviser to an ancient Egyptian king.

• pharaoh
• vizier
• mummy
• reign

Pictures or symbols that stand for sounds, words, or ideas.

• papyrus
• hieroglyph
• cost-benefit analysis
• cataract