Geography
What is the major river in Egypt?
The Nile.
The Egyptians were the first to mix yeast with the type of grain to create bread.
Wheat
Silt
A type of fine, rich soil
The Egyptians used a __________ to spread water over their fields.
Shaduf
Describe how the Nile helped farming.
Nile provided water and flooded the area with silt, a rich, fertile soil.
What desert surrounds the Nile River?
The Sahara Desert.
Name two fruits the Egyptians grew.
watermelon, figs, dates
Linen
A type of clothing woven from flax fibers.
These were dug to control the flooding and to increase the amount of distance water would travel in the fields.
Irrigation canals.
Describe how the Nile helped as a food source ASIDE from farming.
The Nile provided a place to fish and to catch animals who would come to the water source.
All civilization develops based on its....
Geography
Name two vegetables the Egyptians grew.
lettuce, radishes,
asparagus, and cucumbers.
Delta
A triangular or fan-shaped area at the mouth of a river.
These metal was originally mined for tools and weapons.
Copper
How did the Nile help trade?
The Nile was like a watery highway. It would allow people to sail from location to location throughout Egypt and eventually to other countries.
Which direction does the Nile River flow?
From South to North.
What is a shaduf?
A tool used to lift water from the Nile and spread it over the crops.
What is a cataract?
A type of waterfall found along the Nile River.
Later on_______ replaced copper to make tools and weapons.
Iron
How did the Nile help government?
The Nile allowed rulers to travel and make sure the laws were being obeyed throughout the kingdom.
What was the fertile land near the Nile River called?
The Black Land.
Why was the soil in Egypt so fertile?
The floods made the Nile overflow, leaving silt, a very fine, rich soil on the land surrounding the river. This lands was very fertile becauseof these silt deposits.
What is papyrus?
A type of plant used to create paper.
_________ was the word used for gold, a metal used to make ____________.
Nub, jewelry
What was special about the way the Nile flooded?
It flooded at the same time each year so farmers knw when to plant their crops and they were able to predict when to leave the area.