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21 Cards in this Set
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Delta |
A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea |
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Shadoof |
A bucket a Tatch to a long Paul used to transfer river water to storage bins |
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Papyrus |
A read plant that grows wild along the Nile |
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Hieroglyphics |
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols |
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Dynasty |
A line of rulers from one family |
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Scribe |
A person who copies or writes out documents often a record keeper |
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Name the two civilizations that developed on the Nile river |
Egypt and Kush |
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How early did people start settling in the Nile river valley? |
5000 BC |
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Where did the Egyptians live? |
Northern part of the Nile river |
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The Nile is 4000 miles and flows from central Africa to the Mediterranean sea |
True |
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The blue Nile begins in the eastern mountains of Africa |
The white Nile starts in the tropics of central Africa |
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Cataracts |
A waterfall or rapids in a river |
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What direction does the Nile flow? |
North |
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Trade routes for the Egyptians extended where? |
Mediterranean sea in the north to the Red Sea to the east |
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Flooding of the Nile help the farmers how? |
Lots of fertile soil would remain after water return to normal and farmers irrigated their crops during the dry season |
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Egyptian farmers use what to figure out the boundaries of fields? |
Geometry |
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What are some uses of papyrus? |
Making paper, baskets, rope, sandals, and river rafts |
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How did the Egyptians irrigate during the dry season? |
1) they scooped up seasons to store river water 2) they dug canals that extended from the basins to the fields 3) they used a shadoof |
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Name the steps of making paper? |
1) Cut strips from the papyrus plant 2) Soak them in water 3) laid them side-by-side and pounded them together |
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On what to materials did scribes right there hieroglyphics? |
Papyrus and stone walls or monuments |
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The Egyptians traded where? |
Mesopotamia and Nubia |
