The Nile River
Geography of Ancient Egypt
Land of Plenty
Geography Shapes Egyptian Life
Wild Card
100
The Nile River has fed Egyptian civilization for over how many years?
5, 000 years
100
The ancient Egyptians lived in narrow bands of land along each side of the Nile River, which they called the ______________.
Black Land
100
Each year, Egyptian farmers watched out for white birds known as _____________.
Ibises
100
Egypt's economy depended on _______________.
farming
100
The Nile River _______________ at around the same time each year which helped farmers to know when the plant their crops.
flooded
200
The Nile River is how many miles long?
The Nile River is 4,160 miles long.
200
The ___________________ was the name given to the barren desert beyond the fertile region near the Nile.
red land
200
When the ibises arrived, the annual __________________ were soon to follow.
flood waters
200
Name two valuable materials Egyptians mined in the Eastern Desert.
Copper, Emerald, Iron, Turquoise.
200
Egyptians often painted walls ____________ to reflect the blazing heat.
white
300
The Nile River begins near the equator in ____________.
Africa
300
_____________ months out of the year in Egypt, it was sunny and hot. But _____________ months out of the years was cooler.
Eight (hot months) ; Four (cooler months)
300
Early Egyptian farmers used a tool known as a _____________ to move water between the Nile and the canal.
Shadoof
300
Egyptians prized _______________ highly, and their goldsmith's were among the best in the ancient world.
gold
300
Lightweight __________ cloth was great for hot Egyptian days.
linen
400
The Nile River flows north from Africa to the ______________________.
Mediterranean Sea
400
The _______________ acted as a barrier to keep out enemies from Egypt.
desert
400
Ancient Egyptians grew a large variety of food including grains such as ____________ and ____________.
wheat and barley
400
Ancient Egypt had no money, so people traded their surplus goods. This method of trade was called ______________.
bartering
400
A triangle shaped deposit of rich soil near a river's mouth is known as a _____________.
delta
500
The floods from the Nile River deposit rich ____________ along the Nile's shores. This is the most fertile in all of Africa.
Soil
500
True or False: Weather in Egypt was almost always the same.
True (most of the region only received about an inch of rain through the whole year)
500
Egyptians built houses using __________ made of mud from the Nile mixed with __________________.
bricks ; chopped straw
500
Trade with ________________ brought exotic animals, gold, ivory, and incense to Egypt.
Nubia
500
Fine, fertile soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby land is known as _____________.
silt
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