Module 4 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

steep river rapids, almost impossible to sail by boat

• Delta

• Silt

• Dynasty

• Cataracts

triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river

• Delta

• Cataracts

• Silt

• Dynasty

Egyptian leader who united both Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom

• Pharaoh

• Menes

• Dynasty

• Cataracts

ruler of unified Egypt, literally means "great house"

• Menes

• Dynasty

• Pharaoh

• Delta

series of rulers from the same family

• Cataracts

• Pharaoh

• Dynasty

• Upper Egypt

the southern part of Egypt

• Delta

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Menes

the northern part of Egypt including the mouth of the Nile River

• Upper Egypt

• Menes

• Delta

• Lower Egypt

fine soil carried and deposited by water

• Cataracts

• Delta

• Silt

• Menes

land owned or claimed by a country

• Cataracts

• Dynasty

• Authority

• Territory

the power to give orders and make decisions

• Absolute

• Sacred

• Authority

• Unique