Vocabulary
What was the writing of ancient Egyptians called that used pictorial symbols to represent words and sounds?
Heiroglyphics
What did the flooding of the Nile River allow the ancient egyptians to do?
Farm and grow crops
Name and invention that helped the Eyptians tell passage of time.
365 day Calendar
In the beginning, how many kings were in Egypt?
2
one in lower egypt
one in upper egypt
What is the climate of Egypt?
Hot and Dry
What is irrigation?
Irrigation is the watering of land to make it ready for planting
What did the Egyptians get from the Nile River to eat?
Fish
Name 2 types of ancient egyptian architecture.
pyramid
and
Sphinx
Which way did the Egyptian empire spread along the Nile River?
Southward
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River that flows south to north
What word do we use for the design of buildings?
architecture
What did the farmers use to help them bring water inland?
Irrigation systems
Name another invention that was used to tell time.
Water Clock
Which way did it spread along the Mediterranean coast
Westward
What is the largest desert in the world that is found in Northern Africa?
Sahara
What do we call things that people make or use to satisfy our wants?
Goods
What did the Egyptian invent to help them build the irrigation systems?
Plows that were pulled by oxen
What plant the Egyptian use to make paper that grows along the Nile River?
papyrus
On what continitent would you find Egypt?
Africa
What mountains stretch across Egypt but are NOT part of egypt?
Atlas
What is an example of a capital resource?
Machines, tools or buildings .....these are goods made by people that are used to create other goods or services
Name 3 natural resources that the Egyptians used.
fish, flax plant that was used to make cloth, papyrus plant to make paper
What were 3 things the Egyptians traded at marketplaces along the mediterranean coast?
Crafts like pottery and baskets, fish, cloth,
What part of Aftrica would you find Egypt
Northeast corner along the Nile River, Mediterranean Sea dn Read Sea
What are the different types of resources Egyptians had available?
natural, human and capital resources