Location/Physical Features
Floods of the Nile
Nile River Valley
Kings Unify Egypt
Tigris/Euphrates vs. Nile
100
The Nile is the ____________ river in the world.
What is longest
100
Egypt was/is primarily this type of landscape
What is desert
100
Egypt's economy was based on this form of work
What is farming
100
This leader rose to power in Upper Egypt around 3100 BC; considered to be Egypt's first pharaoh
Who is Menes
100
Tigris and Euphrates empty in to this body of water
What is Persian Gulf
200
Name the two regions of Egypt and why they are called this.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt was upriver in relation to the Nile's flow; Lower Egypt was downriver.
200
These periods of time are when the Nile flooded Upper and Lower Egypt
What is midsummer in Upper Egypt and the fall for Lower Egypt.
200
Basins and canals were a part of this
What is an irrigation system
200
Menes ultimate goal was to ___________
What is unite the two kingdoms
200
The Nile is located on what continent
What is Africa
300
The terrain of southern Egypt caused six of these to form within the Nile.
What are cataracts
300
The floods followed _____________
What is the rainy season of East Africa
300
Farmers of ancient Egypt grew __________(x4) and raised _________(x2)
What is wheat, barley, fruit and vegetables; cattle and sheep
300
The double crown worn by Menes symbolized ___________
What is his leadership over the two kingdoms
300
The rivers helped provide a stable food supply, which then allowed for this
What is a surplus
400
2/3 of Egypt's fertile farmland was located in this triangle-shaped area of land made by soil deposits.
What is the Nile Delta
400
Egyptians called their country the black land because of ___________; the dry, lifeless desert beyond the river valley was known as ____________
What is silt (dark color) and the red land
400
This valuable advantage offered the people protection. List 3 of them.
What are natural barriers (deserts, Med. Sea, Red Sea, cataracts)
400
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty
400
Approximate length of the Nile River
What is approximately 4000-4300 miles
500
This Greek Historian called Egypt "The gift of the Nile."
Who is Herodotus
500
The Egyptians considered the floods of the Nile ___________
What is a life-giving miracle.
500
The development of the two kingdoms (Upper and Lower Egypt) happened because of __________
What is wealthy farmers emerged as village leaders; gained control of villages; villages banded together
500
Name of capital city built by Menes
What is Memphis
500
These people first settled in the Nile River Valley
Who are nomadic hunter/gatherers
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