Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Where is Egypt located?
Northeast corner of Africa
What desert is Egypt surrounded by?
Sahara Desert
Egypt is settled along what river?
The Nile River
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What two kingdoms is Egypt divided into?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North to South
What body of water does the Nile River empty into?
Mediterranean Sea
Who was the first King of Eqypt?
Menes
In Egypt, the Sahara Desert is known as the _______ _______.
Red Land
How much rain does the Sahara desert average per year?
5 to 10 inches of rain a year
What s the area around the Nile River called?
Kemet or the Black Land
When does the Nile River flood?
At or around July 15th (which is in the summer)
The water from the river carried what?
Silt
What is in silt?
Clay, bits of black soil, rocks and minerals
What is a marshy area of land shaped like a triangle?
Delta
When were crops planted in Egypt?
October
What was the most important crop in ancient Egypt?
wheat (it was needed to bread and feed cattle)
What vegetables did farmers grow in ancient Egypt?
onions, garlic and beans
What fruits did farmers grow in ancient Egypt?
figs, dates, grapes and pomegranates
What did some farmers in ancient Egypt grow to make linen?
flax
Besides farming, what other jobs did people of Egypt do?
Potters, priests and scribes
What is land that receives very little rainfall and contains very little plant and animal life?
desert
The civilization of ancient Egypt made up nearly 600 miles of land along the northern _______ ______ _____.
Nile River Valler
_______ is to supply with water, using such methods as building storage pools and dams.
irrigation
_______ is directing water from the source to an area where there is no water
Irrigating
Which floodwaters feed into the Nile River?
mountain snow that would melt and flow into the river
What do Egyptians call the Sahara Desert?
The Red Land
What were the two MOST important uses of wheat in Egypt?
making bread and making food for cattle
What covers most of Egypt?
desert and sand (Sahara desert)
What is Ancient Egypt’s most important crop?
wheat
What is Egyptian writing called?
hieroglyphics
What is hieroglyphics
simple pictures of what the writer was trying to say (pictograms)
What are the two groups of hieroglyphics?
ideograms and phonograms
What is an ideogram?
idea signs
What is a phono gram?
sound sign
What is the first writing paper?
papyrus
What is a pith
popular food (inside papyrus plant) used to make paper
What were the two newer style of Egyptian writing called?
hieratic and demotic
Who is Napoleon I?
Emperor of France from 1801 to 1814
What is the Rosetta Stone?
tablet found by a French officer when Napoleon I’s arm invaded Egypt
Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone?
Jean Francois Champollion
What was pith used to make?
mats, cloth, sandals and rope (household utensils and food)
