GEOGRAPHY
What continent is Egypt in?
Africa
A food a farmer grows is called a -
crop
A stone structure built as a tomb is called a
pyramid
Locate the Nile on a map.
- Down Egypt on map
True or False,
The Ancient Egyptians lived about 25 years ago.
FALSE!! - over thousands of years ago!
beginning/start ----- upper
Soil that is fresh and ready to be used is called __________.
fertile
pharaoh
The Nile river is the longest river in the world-
True or False?
True!
True or False
Gold was available in Ancient Egypt to use for jewelry.
True
What sea does the Nile flow to?
The Mediterranean Sea
When food was impossible to grow- a _______ would occur and cause people to travel to find food.
famine
an ancient religious song is called a
hymn
Name 3 benefits of the Nile River to the Egyptian people.
1. bathing, food, animals, hunting
2. recreation, market, travel
3. made soil rich for farming
True or False.
Both men and women wore makeup.
True
What is the part of a river that divides into smaller rivers and lands in a sea? *Triangle shaped*
Delta
Barley and wheat grains were used for ______.
eating
the system of writing the Egyptian used pictures to stand for words or sounds.
hieroglyphics
Name 2 animals you could see along the Nile?
Ibis, Egre, Nile perch, Hippo, Crocodile
True or False
Gilgamesh is a very important God in Egyptian culture.
False!
He was from the Mesopotamians!
Egypt is a huge __________. - It's very hot and dry all year round.
desert
flax
A long thin reed that grew along the nile that the people used to create paper.
Papyrus
Why was flooding important?
Flooding created rich soil to farm.
True or False
The Ancient Egyptians never knew when it would flood- that's what made it so exciting to live there!
False!
They thrived because they could depend on the flooding- they were able to work with and around it