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Vocabulary
The Nile
Inventions
Economics
This & That
100
This word means long, long ago.
What is Ancient.
100
This river is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile.
100
This was made out of papyrus and the Ancient Egyptians used to write on this.
What is paper made from papyrus.
100

There are three types of resources.  What are they?

What is natural, capital, and human resource.

100
Who were buried in pyramids?
What is Pharaohs.
200

This is the continent that Egypt is in.

What is Africa.

200
True or False: The Nile floods each year.
What is True!
200

This is the name of one of the first writing systems that the Egyptians used.

What is hieroglyphics. 

200

The Egyptians focused on a selected product to produce.  They only focused on one good or service. 

What is specialization.

200

It took a lot of work for the Egyptians to build this type of architecture.

What is pyramids.

300

This word is a system of bringing water to dry land.

What is irrigation.

300

The Egyptians dig these to irrigate, or water, their crops.

What is canals or irrigation systems.

300

This is one of the inventions we still use today. We use it to keep track of what time of day it is.

What is a clock?

300

This is the next best choice that is given up when an economic choice is made

What is opportunity cost.

300
What is the climate of Egypt?
What is hot and dry?
400

The Egyptians harvest these during the Shemu season.  It is also a natural resource.

What is crops.

400

The Egyptians used this tool to gather water from reservoirs to water their crops. 

What is a Shaduf.

400
The Egyptians created the first 365 day ____.
What is calendar.
400

When the Egyptians did not have everything that they needed, they would....

What is trade.

400

This is why people settled along the Nile River.

What is fertile land for farming.