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1
Q

One of a kind; different from all others

A

Unique

2
Q

A water fall or Rapids in a river

A

Cataract

3
Q

A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

A

Delta

4
Q

To separate from others

A

Isolate

5
Q

A nickel attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins

A

Shadoof

6
Q

A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile

A

Papyrus

7
Q

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

A

Hieroglyphics

8
Q

A line of rulers from one family

A

Dynasty

9
Q

To unite; to bring together into one unit

A

Unify

10
Q

Government by religious leaders

A

Theocracy

11
Q

Ruler of ancient Egypt

A

Pharaoh

12
Q

A government official

A

Bureaucrat

13
Q

To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people

A

Distribute

14
Q

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

A

Embalming

15
Q

Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh

A

Pyramid

16
Q

A material that produced a pleasant smell when burned

A

Incense

17
Q

A government Representative to another country

A

Envoy

18
Q

A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or a subtropical region

A

Savanah

19
Q

Woven cloth

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