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Important Words to KnowSuzanne Lord
9-10-2014
Happy Friday!
• Please write today’s agenda in your planner
• Warm Up•Why are Mesopotamia, China, India and Egypt known as the “river civilizations”?
Black Land
The area by the Nile River
where the soil
is rich
Red Land
the deserts
to the east and west of the Nile river
Tributaries
rivers and streams that flow (go) into a larger “parent” river
Papyrus
a plant
used to make paper
Irrigation
water that goes to farmland with ditches, canals or pipes
Floodplain an area of low, flat land along a stream or river that may flood
Cataract fast moving water in a river
Delta A piece of land shaped like a triangle. This is made when a river splits into smaller rivers before it flows into an ocean.
Silt sand, soil (dirt), mud, etc., that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.
Barge a large boat that has a flat bottom and that is used to carry goods in harbors (ports) and on rivers and canals
Tug a small, powerful boat that is used for pulling and pushing ships or barges especially into harbors or up rivers
Hymn
a religious song
Suffocate
unable to breathe
Exultation a feeling of great
happiness and excitement