Vocabulary
What does fertile mean?
Soil that is rich in nutrients.
Where is the Nile River located?
Africa or Egypt.
What is irrigation?
A path or canals dug up to direct the water from the Nile River.
How long is the Nile River.
Over 4000 miles long.
What is papyrus?
A plant that Ancient Egyptians used to write on.
Why did the Ancient Egyptians create an irrigation system?
The created the irrigation system so that their crops and homes wouldn't get flooded out.
What is hieroglyphics?
Egyptian writting
What provided Ancient Egyptians who lived by the Nile River protection?
The Sahara Desert gave them protection.
What is delta?
It is the V shaped fan at the end of the Nile River that branches off and meets with the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the gift of the Nile?
fertile soil