River of Egypt
How was the flooding of the river in ancient Egypt different from the flooding of the rivers in Mesopotamia?
What is the floods in ancient Egypt were predictable or happened at the same time each year?
This item is what ancient Egyptians used to write upon.
What is papyrus?
The head of the ancient Egyptian government was called this.
What is pharaoh or king?
This invention helped farmers with getting water from the river.
What is a shadoof?
What was the name of the river that flowed through Upper and Lower Egypt?
What is the Nile?
Ancient Egyptians used this to communicate on papyrus.
What are hieroglyphics?
The southern part of ancient Egypt was referred to as what?
What is Upper Egypt?
What word best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Why was the Nile called "the lifeblood" of Egypt?
What is because it's valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming?
In addition to making paper, papyrus was also used in to make what other things. Name at least one.
What is making sandals, baskets, and rafts.
*If you named one of these items, you get the points.
The northern part of ancient Egypt was called what?
What is Lower Egypt?
What was the effect of increased farming and trade?
What is an organized government developed?
Farmers used this annual occurrence to help them grow their produce.
What is the annual flooding of the Nile River?
Name the tool used for getting water from the Nile river.
What is a shadoof?
This extreme geographic landform is to the west and east of Egypt.
What is the deserts?
Give one reason as to why ancient Egyptians formed an organized government.
What is to settle land ownership conflicts?
What is to repair and maintain irrigation ditches or dams?
What is to organize and distribute surplus food.
The Egyptian writing system that uses symbols and pictures.
What are hieroglyphics?
In addition to the annual flooding of the Nile River, ancient and modern Egyptian farmers still use this technology in their farming.
What is irrigation?
What is one area that ancient Egyptians would have needed to specialize in to build the pyramids?
What is geometry, mathematics or astronomy?
*Name one to get points
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
What was the name of the king that unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
Who is Narmer?
A fan shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is a delta?