Geography
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
Ancient Egyptians created irrigation systems, like a shaduf, to adapt to their environment. What did these systems help them do?
Move water inland for farming
Sundials and Obelisks used ______ to tell time.
the sun and the shadows it makes
Egyptians made paper. What plant did they make the paper out of?
Papyrus
Was Egypt's land mostly rainforest, desert, or mountains?
Desert
What kind of architecture was unique to Ancient Egypt? (hint: these were created as tombs for the pharaohs)
Pyramids
The Egyptians created water clocks, sundials, and obelisks to ___________.
Tell time!
What was the name of the written language in Egypt?
Heiroglyphics
The flooding of the Nile River helped Egyptians by doing what?
1. It made the land around the Nile River fertile for farming.
2. It helped them tell time to make the 365-day calendar since it flooded the same time each year!
3. They could fish along the Nile River for food to eat.
Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Cleopatra
_________ were people who wrote down stories, plans, and important information. These people had a good knowledge of hieroglyphs!
Scribes
How did the Nile River help the Ancient Egyptians make the 365-day calendar?
Ancient Egyptians measured a year by the rise and flood of the Nile! This helped them make the 365-day calendar.
Ancient Egyptians settled along the ______________ which made food easy to grow for Egyptians. This gave them more time to do other things, like creating art, telling stories, building amazing structures, and making music.
Nile River
Pharaoh mummies were placed in a special coffin called a _______________.
Sarcophagus
Where did the Egyptians trade their goods? (hint: it is a body of water that connects Egypt to other continents)
Along the Mediterranean Sea
Water clocks were a big improvement from the sundial and obelisks. This is because they worked ______________.
day and night (they didn't need the sun to work)