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Connecting to Your World
Egypt's Lifeline
History of Ancient Egypt
Conquest by Foreigners
Kingdoms
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Mississippi River
What is river in the US overflowed in 1993 after heavy rains?
100
Nile River
What is Egypt's lifeline?
100
various grasses and reeds used for huts, sandals, baskets
What was provided by the ancient Nile River?
100
Ancient Egypt
What is one of the world's first great civilizations?
100
King Menes
What king conquered lower Egypt in 3100 B.C.?
200
broke levees
What contributed to submerging farms, towns, and roads under the muddy water?
200
delta
What is the triangular shape formed at the rivers' mouth?
200
Aswan Dam
What controls the Nile's flooding and provides year round irrigation?
200
geography
What kept Egypt isolated for centuries?
200
May have been a legend
What is the perception of King Menes by modern historians?
300
a disaster
What was the Mississippi river known as in 1993?
300
silt
What is rich black soil deposited by the river?
300
June
What is the month in which the Nile River use to flood annually?
300
farming villages
What did people create along the Nile by about 4000 B.C.?
300
First Egyptian dynasty
What is King Menes said to have founded?
400
50 people
What is the death toll for the Mississippi River flood in 1993
400
Kemet or Black Land
What is the name of the country as result of the Nile's yearly floods?
400
canals
What did ancient Egyptians dig to irrigate their fields and channel the Nile's water?
400
cataracts
What made the Nile River hard to navigate in the south?
400
pharaohs
What is the rulers said to have become known as?
500
economy
What is the country dependent on the Nile River for?
500
doubled itd agricultural production
What has Egypt done since the 1970 opening of the Aswan High dam?
500
Deserts
What surrounds the Nile in the west and east?
500
pyramids
What did a strong central government supervise the construction of during the Old Kingdom?