afterlife

1. Grade 6 Social Studies/ELA Integrated CurriculumUnit 2: River Valley CivilizationsIllustrated Glossary

2. afterlife the future life, life after death

3. agriculture the production of crops, livestock, or poultry

4. archeology the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts

5. artisana craftsperson

6. bargea capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed of towed, for transporting freight or passengers

7. canalan artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation

8. canopic jarsjar used in ancient Egypt to contain the entrails of an embalmed body

9. carpa large freshwater fish

10. cartouchean oval with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name

11. citya large or important town

12. civilization an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached

13. code a collection of laws arranged in some orderly way

14. crescenta shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends

15. domesticationchanged from the wild or savage state

16. droughta period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops

17. fertile(Land) producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc

18. floodinga great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged

19. governmentthe continuous exercise of authority and the performance of functions for a political unit

20. habitableable to be lived in

21. harpoonsa barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish

22. hieroglyphicsa pictographic script in which many of the symbols are recognizable images of things represented

23. irrigationthe artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops

24. Khemetland that surrounds the Nile. Egyptian word for “black land”

25. lawthe principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people

26. leveean embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river

27. mummificationto make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying

28. mytha traditional or legendary story

29. Neolithicrelating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements

30. noblesbelonging to, or constituting a hereditary class that has special social or political status in a country or state

31. obeliska tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex

32. PaleolithicPaleolithicrelating to the earliest period of the Stone Age characterized by rough or chipped stone implements

33. papyrusthe soft central part of papyrus stems especially when made into strips and pressed into a writing material

34. peasanta member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank

35. polytheismthe doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods

36. pyramid(in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb

37. Pharoaha title of an ancient Egyptian king

38. religiona personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

39. scribea person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing

40. shadufa mechanism for raising water, consisting of a pivoted pole with a bucket at one end and a counterweight at the other

41. siltearthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment

42. social pyramidgrouping of people based on common characteristics

43. sphinxa figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion

44. surplusthe amount more than what is required or necessary; excess

45. technologythe practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area

46. templean edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities

47. tilapiaany mouth brooding fish of the African freshwater genus

48. tradethe business of buying and selling items; commerce

49. Viziera high official in certain countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state

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