Chapter 4 Lesson 1

Question 1

Cataract

Answer 1

Rapids or waterfalls

Question 2

Delta

Answer 2

Triangle
Rich land
Formed by deposition

Question 3

Arid

Answer 3

Hot and dry

Question 4

Predict

Answer 4

To guess the future

Question 5

Afterlife

Answer 5

Life after death

Question 6

Lower Egypt

Answer 6

The northern most part of Egypt near the delta

Question 7

Upper Egypt

Answer 7

The southern part of Egypt

Question 8

Nubia

Answer 8

Area where the cataracts are on the Nile River

Question 9

What are the major features of the Nile River

Answer 9

Delta
Valley
Cataracts

Question 10

How did ancient Egyptians control the flooding of the Nile river

Answer 10

Irrigation ditches

Dams and dikes

Question 11

How did the unpredictability of the nile’s floods affect the early Egyptians religious beliefs

Answer 11

Gods were responsible for the events

Question 12

How did trade along the Nile support growth of Egypt

Answer 12

Formation of cities and kingdoms

Question 13

what gods did they believe in?

Answer 13

The Egyptians beloved in many gods

Question 14

why were egytpian farms able to grow a surplus of wheat and barley

Answer 14

They had surpluses of seeds from the season before

Question 15

How did egyptians trade?

Answer 15

The Egyptians sent caravans to other places for trading