4.1 Flashcards
What was the Nile so called?
Greek historian called Egypt the gift of the Nile
How long is the Nile and how long does it stretch?
4000 miles and 750 miles wide
The southern region in Egypt was called
Upper Egypt
The northern region
Lower Egypt
The fertile river valley stretches about __ miles wide
13
Cataracts mean
Strong rapids
Delta means
A triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
Since Egypt receive not much rain most of Egypt was considered a
Desert
Nile flood was ____ to predict
Easy
The Nile in upper Egypt flooded in
Midsummer
Lower Egypt flooded in
Fall
The silt made it ideal for farming. The silt also made the land a dark color. That’s why Egyptians called their land the
Black land
They called the lifeless, dry land beyond the desert
Red land
Without floods Egyptians could of
Never settled in Egypt
Hunter gatherers moved into the Nile valley around
12000 years ago
Farmers build _____ to collect water
Basins
Farmers grew ____________________________ along the Nile and also raised _____________
Wheat, barley, fruits, vegetables, and raised cattle and sheep.
The desert to the west was too hard to invade, why?
Because the desert was too big and harsh to invade
Cataracts on the Nile made it
Hard for outsiders to invade
By 3200 BC villages _______ together
Banded
Why is northern Egypt called lower and southern called upper?
Because the river depends on the flow of the current
