Week 5-6 Vocab. Review

What is a scribe?

• a person who copies manuscripts

     and can read and write hieroglyphs

• a writing system that uses symbols or

      pictures to denote objects, concepts,

      or sounds

• the belief in or worship of more than

     one god

What is fertile soil?

• a person who does the embalming

• soil which is rich in nutrients needed

      to grow healthy crops

• to sail or fly around something,

               such as the word, continent or island

What is navigation?

• to sail or fly around something,

               such as the word, continent or island

• electricity generated from the

      power of falling or running water

• to direct the course of a ship or

     aircraft using route-finding system

What is an embalmer?

• a person who does the embalming

• a person who copies manuscripts

     and can read and write hieroglyphs

• to treat a dead body with

   chemical substances to keep it

            from decaying

What is polytheism?

• the belief in or worship of more than

     one god

• a person who copies manuscripts

     and can read and write hieroglyphs

• electricity generated from the

      power of falling or running water

What is papyrus?

• a writing system that uses symbols or

      pictures to denote objects, concepts,

      or sounds

• writing material of ancient times and

   also the plant from which it was derived

• a ruler in ancient Egypt that was like

     kings or emperors that controlled

     everything.

What are hieroglyphs?

• a person who copies manuscripts

     and can read and write hieroglyphs

• a person who does the embalming

• a writing system that uses symbols or

      pictures to denote objects, concepts,

      or sounds

What does embalm mean?

• a person who does the embalming

• to treat a dead body with

   chemical substances to keep it

   from decaying

• to sail or fly around something,

  such as the word, continent or island

What does circumnavigate mean?

• soil which is rich in nutrients needed

      to grow healthy crops

• to direct the course of a ship or

     aircraft using route-finding system

• to sail or fly around something,

  such as the word, continent or island

What is a pharaoh?

• a ruler in ancient Egypt that was like

     kings or emperors that controlled

  everything.

• a writing system that uses symbols or

      pictures to denote objects, concepts,

      or sounds

• to treat a dead body with

   chemical substances to keep it from decaying