today in class we did a worksheet. the worksheet was about what we have been learning from the textbook. it started off with giving us some words to define:
1. cataract- where the boulders turn the rivers into churning rapids and white water
2. delta- a marshy region that is formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
3. nome- member of a group that has no permanent home, they wander from place to place
4. dynasty- a series of rulers passed down within the same family
5. pharaoh- the Egyptian god-kings that thought they were powerful but they were not
6. kA- the eternal life force that Egyptians believed you had after death
7. pyramid- an immense structure used for the people to "rest" after they had died
8. maat- this is the idea that goodness, laws and order may stay in line
9. hieroglyphics- a more flexible writing systems (sacred carvings) the scubas developed this
10. papyrus- made out of reeds, sap grew together to make a very paper like sheet
-my name is Howard Carter. I was a British Archeologist who discovered Tutankhamen tomb in 1922
-the nile river provided Egypt with a reliable system of transportion and with an annual soil deposit
-in about 3100. BC a strong willed king of upper Egypt named Harmor united all of Egypt
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