Egypt Vocabulary

Delta - The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river.

Unification - The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.

Pharoah - The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt

Economy - The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services

Hieroglyphics - The ancient Egyptian system of writing that use symbols to stand for objects, ideas or sounds.

Papyrus - A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile River that the ancient Egyptians used for writing.

Expedition - A group of people that go on a trip for a specific reason.

Social Pyramid - A diagram illustrating the divisions within a culture; Usually showing the most powerful person or group at rthe peak and the least powerful groups at the bottom.

Slavery - The practice of one person owning another person.