Geography of Egypt near the Nile River
What are the 2 continents on each side of the Nile River?
Asia and Africa
Where did the Egyptians grow their crops?
They grew crops along the banks of the Nile River.
What did the flooding cycle represent for the farmers?
Planting season
Why was the Nile called a River Civilization?
Because of the powerful influence a large river system had on the lives of people.
How did people transport goods during this time?
By boat on the nile river
Which direction does the Nile River flow?
South
Name 3 types of crops that were grown in the rich black soil?
Wheat, Barley, Vegetables, Figs, Melons, pomegranates, and vines.
The flooding cycle of the Nile River was determined by a calendar for the Ancient Egyptians. What was the flooding season called that lasted from June to September?
Akhet
The Black land hugged the Nile. What did this represent for the Egyptian people?
The Black land represented life.
What goods did they transport to their homes by boat?
Food and clothing
What sea does the Nile River flow into?
Mediterranean Sea
What did they grow flax for?
To make linen.
Without work during the flooding season, what did the farmers do?
They worked for the pharaoh instead building temples and pyramids.
The Red Land was the desert just beyond the Black Land. What did this represent to the Ancient Egyptians? Why did it represent this?
The Red Land represented danger.
Why? Because, the desert did not have the ability to sustain life.
When building homes, what would the boats be transporting to create the pyramids?
limestone
What is the sea to the right of the Nile River called?
Red Sea
What was grown naturally along the Nile that was used to make many things such as shoes?
Papyrus
What was the growing season called near the Nile River that lasted from October to February?
What did they do during this time?
Peret
They ploughed and seeded.
The Ancient Egyptians created channels from the Nile to smaller gardens. What were these channels called?
Irrigation channels
When the pharaoh died and his body was ready, what did the Ancient Egyptians do?
The funeral barge carried the pharaoh's sarcophagus and his belongings to the temple.
What part of the Nile River opens up into a triangular shape near the Mediterranean Sea?
Nile Delta
What is the rich black dirt called that they grow all of their crops in along the Nile River?
kemet
What was harvesting season called?
What 2 things did the Ancient Egyptians have to do during this time?
Shemu
1.Gather crops 2. Repair canals to get ready for the next flood.
What did the Egyptians build to track how well the Nile would flood?
Nileometer
If you were to travel along the entire length of the Nile River by boat, how many miles would you go?
4,160 miles