Download Day 1-Unit 4 Vocab (2016)

Name:_____________________________
Block:________
Unit 4 Vocabulary: Ancient Egypt
WORD
CLASS DEFINITION
Papyrus
-A grass-like plant used to
make paper in ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
-Ruler of Egypt
-Believed to be the child of
Re, the sun god
Pyramid
-A structure built to house
the tombs or pharaohs
-The entrance always faced
towards the north
Delta
-The triangle-shaped deposit
or rich soil where a river
meets a larger body of water
-The Nile River forms a delta
where it meets the
Mediterranean Sea
Dynasty
-A family that rules for
several generations
-A line of rulers that passes
power by heredity
Example: Father is pharaoh
and when he dies his son
becomes the new pharaoh
PICTURE/IMAGE THAT
REPRESENTS THE WORD
USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE
(Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and
clarity count!)
DEFINTION IN MY OWN
WORDS
(What helps you remember this
definition?)
WORD
Hieroglyphics
CLASS DEFINITION
-Egyptian writing system in
which symbols stand for
words or sounds
-Created around 3,000 BCE
Monotheism
-The belief in one god
-Christianity, Islam, and
Judaism are monotheistic
religions
Mono=One
Polytheism
-The belief in more than one
god
-Ancient Egyptian religion
was polytheistic because they
believed in many different
gods
Poly=Many
Rosetta Stone
-A stone with writing in three
languages (Hieroglyphics,
Demotic, and Greek) that
allowed archaeologists to
decipher and translate
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
-The stone has the same
message written in three
languages. Archaeologists
already knew two of the
languages, which allowed
them to figure out what the
symbols in Hieroglyphics
meant
PICTURE/IMAGE THAT
REPRESENTS THE WORD
USE THE WORD IN A SENTENCE
(Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and
clarity count!)
DEFINTION IN MY OWN WORDS
(What helps you remember this
definition?)