5.1 The Gift of the Nile | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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6th Grade Social Studies: Review for Quiz

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Why was the Nile River important?

The Nile River was important because it provided water for drinking and for crops.

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What did the floods of the Nile River provide for farmers?

Rich black silt.

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How did the Egyptians use the land around the Nile?

For food, flax, and building materials.

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What agricultural techniques did ancient Egyptians use?

Egyptians watched for ibises to know when to plant seeds, dug irrigation canals, and used a tool called a shaduf to spread water.

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What economic activities developed in Egypt?

Farming, mining, fishing, hunting, transportation, and trade.

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How did geography affect Egypt's economy?

Egyptians mined copper, iron, gold , lapis lazuli, and turquoise; they hunted and fished along the Nile; they traded up and down the Nile.

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What is a "cataract"?

Waterfall.

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What is a "delta"?

The area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil.

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What is "silt"?

Fine soil deposited by a river.

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What does "fertile" mean?

Good for growing crops.

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What is "linen"?

A type of fabric woven form flax plants.

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How did new agricultural techniques make the Egyptians more prosperous?

By making more land and water available for crops, the Egyptians had more to trade with other groups.

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Why did Egypt develop along the Nile?

The Nile provided fertile soil, water, transportation, and food.

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How did irrigation canals expand farmland in Egypt?

Canals carried water to land that did not have enough, expanding land for farming.

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How did trade along the Nile come about?

People had more goods than they needed. They built boats and sailed up and down the Nile to trade with each other.

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What does the southern part of the Nile River churn with?

Cataracts.

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