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| Question | Answer |
| cataract (kat uh rakt) | a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water |
| delta (del tuh) | a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water |
| Nubia (noo bee uh) | an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and nothern Sudan |
| silt (silt) | fine soil found on river bottoms |
| absolute power (ab suh loot pow ur) | complete control over someone or something |
| dynasty (dy nus tee) | a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group |
| pharaoh (fehr oh) | the title of the kings of ancient Egypt |
| regent (ree junt) | someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule |
| afterlife (af tur lyf) | a life after death |
| Giza (gee zuh) | an ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid |
| mummy (mum ee) | a dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| pyramid (pih ruh mid) | a huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt |
| astronomer (uh strahn uh mur) | a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
| hieroglyphs (hy ur oh glifs) | pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds |
| papyrus (puh py rus) | an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make this paper |
| artisan (ahr tuh zun) | a worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand |
| Lower Nubia (loh ur noo bee uh) | the region of ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts |
| ore (awr) | a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals |
| Upper Nubia (up ur noo bee uh) | the region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts |
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