Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
This word means a long, long time ago
What is ancient?
a new thing that someone creates to solve a problem or make life easier
invention
Which is an example of a natural resource used by Ancient Egyptians?
A) Stone from land
B) A pot made to hold water from the Nile
C) A boat used to carry goods
A) Stone from land
This is the habitat of Egypt
What is desert?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
This word means king
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
What is False?
This word is what happens when there was too much water for the Nile to hold
What is flood?
Ancient Egytians invented a kind of paper made from the __________ plant.
Papyrus
True of False: The Nile floods every year
What is True?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
Why did Ancient Egyptians trade with people?
A) They were made to
B) They wanted to make money
C) They could not grow or make everything they needed.
C) They could not grow or make everything they needed.
What is irrigation?
Pharaohs were buried in tombs called _______________
pyramids
taking an existing idea and improving upon it, developing a new concept
innovation
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
Ancient Egypt made many _____ to our present world
Contributions
Which one of these is an innovation from Ancient Egypt?
A) Water Clocks
B) Fireworks
C) Kites
A) Water Clocks
The way buildings and other structures are designed and built
Architecture
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
What is paper?
writing of the ancient Egyptians (pictorial symbols used to represent words and sounds)
hieroglyphs
Why did people in Ancient Egypt live and settle near the Nile River?
A) People did not live in the area near the Nile River, they mostly lived in the desert.
B) The area provided water for farming and a way to travel.
B) The area provided water for farming and a way to travel.
Which one of these was an innovation from Ancient Egypt?
A) Fireworks
B) Irrigation
C) Gunpowder
B) Irrigation