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11.4 Vocab

The last words for Chapter 11! I know it is a lot. Next week we will have a test over only the vocab from 11.3 and 11.4!

  1. Conquer: Invade or attack. يغزو
  2. Surplus: having more than you need. إضافي
  3. Shortage: having less than you need. نقص
  4. disappear: not there anymore اختفى
  5. civilization: a city with people and a government حضارة
  6. archaeologist: a scientist who digs in the earth عالم اثار
  7. isthmus: a small piece of land that connects two larger pieces قطعة صغيرة من الأرض التي تصل إلى قطع أكبر
  8. Hieroglyphics: signs and symbols used by ancient civilizations.
  9. Calendar التقويم: A system of days and months that create a year.
  10. priest كاهن: a religious man
  11. invent اخترع: to make something for the first time
  1. peasants: poor farmers
  2. swamps: wet areas of land مستنقع
  3. abandon: to leave something behind
  4. merchants: traders
  5. property: something you own ممتلكات
  6. Stories: levels
  7. pyramid: a large triangle shaped temple
  8. huge ضخم: very very big
  9. enormous: very very very big
  10. settle تستقر: to stay in one place
  11. valley الوادي: flat land between the mountains
  12. palace قصر: a large house for a ruler
  13. terrace: flat land built into the mountain for farming
  14. fort حصن: a large building used to save food and weapons

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