Egypt Flashcards
Why did people make settlements near the Nile River?
To be near the water.
Over 10 000 years ago, Egypt was covered with _________
grassland
Nomads hunted and gathered their food but then people learned how to plant seeds and farm. What happened about 6000 years ago
The climate changed and the area turned into a huge desert
Today, most of Egypt is still covered by which Desert?
Sahara Desert
During the summer rainy season in East Africa, many small tributaries flowed into which river?
Nile River
The river would sometimes swell and flood its banks. It carried _____ and _____ _____ down from the mountains of East Africa.
mud / fertile soil
Egypt is in which area of Africa?
North Africa
The floodwaters dried up by late summer, leaving _____ ________ behind.
fertile soil
Which was the main way that people earned a living in Egypt?
farming
Name 7 ways that Egyptians use the river
irrigation for their fields,
drinking water,
fishing,
transportation of building materials and goods for trading in villages,
papyrus reeds which grew along the river banks were used for building materials and for making paper,
mud to make bricks,
hunting of hippos and river birds for food
What was the reason that Egyptians was mostly save from attacks?
The desert made it difficult to attach them as well as the rapids on the Nile River, it prevented people from sailing up the river and attacking form the south.
How was Ancient Egyptian society organised?
Early Egypt was a hierarchical society.
People were not equal
They did not have the same power or resources
Who was the most important person
Ruler or pharoah, then the Government officials
What is the name for the most senior official?
vizier
The vizier is the one who decided?
what taxes to collect, managed government activities like construction
What was also very important in the Egyptian society?
Religion and defence
Who also had a lot of power?
Priests and army commanders, then nobles, then scribes, craftsman, traders and wealthier farmers
Later came the peasant farmers and finally the slaves.
What did the Egyptians believe?
They believed in over 2000 gods. We learn this from looking at ancient Egyptians statues and paintings
What is the 2000 gods called?
polytheism, meaning “many gods”
The Egyptians believed that the gods controlled everything on Earth. People who made the gods angry would be punished by
death, illness, starvation and drought
Each god was associated with a special ______ or _____.
animal / bird