Climate and Geography in Ancient Egypt Flashcards
all civilization that begins at the ___________ of a river because riverbanks
have fertile land for __________________ activities
banks and farming/agricultre
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Ancient Mesopotamia was between the
Euphrates and ___________ Rivers
tigres
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Ancient Egypt has the
__________ River
nile
The foundations of ancient Egypt trace back to the early _______________
farmers who settled in the Nile River Valley. The river provided enough water
to practice ____________-scale farming.
neolithic and large
- Early humans constantly moved from one place to another in search of _________.
food
- They discovered how to grow _________ and domesticate ______________.
crops and animals
- Soon, the farmers began to ____________ into loosely formed groups, which
gradually grew into larger ______________.
gather and villigages
- Surplus _________ enabled some community members to engage in other
occupations such as _____________ and mining.
food pottery
- Community members worked together to harness _____________ resources.
natrull
- Villagers started _____________ the produced goods with other communities.
trading
- Foreigner invaders introduced the potter’s ___________ to Egypt.
wheel
The semiarid climate meant that Egypt was which one [dry ,rainy ]most of the year.
dry
The
annual _____________ of the Nile River helped with the ________________ and
fertilization of the region
flooding iragation