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5.1 The Gift of the Nile

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What is a "cataract"?
    Waterfall.
  • The soil of the Nile was good for growing crops, which meant it was what?
    Fertile.
  • How did the Egyptians use the land around the Nile?
    For food, flax, and building materials.
  • Egyptians wore cloth from a plant called what?
    Flax.
  • What does the southern part of the Nile River churn with?
    Cataracts.
  • 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.
  • What is a "delta"?
    The area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil.
  • What is the area near the mouth of the Nile called?
    Delta.
  • What is "linen"?
    A type of fabric woven form flax plants.
  • Near its mouth, the delta deposits fine soil called what?
    Silt.
  • Egyptians wore clothing of a cloth called what?
    Linen.
  • Why did Egypt develop along the Nile?
    The Nile provided fertile soil, water, transportation, and food.
  • What is "silt"?
    Fine soil deposited by a river.
  • What did the floods of the Nile River provide for farmers?
    Rich black silt.
  • Why was the Nile River important?
    The Nile River was important because it provided water for drinking and for crops.
  • ESSAY: Why did ancient historians call Egypt "the gift of the Nile"? ONE REASON
    It provided water and fertile soil for farming, mud for making houses, fish and game for eating, and a means of transportation.
  • What economic activities developed in Egypt?
    Farming, mining, fishing, hunting, transportation, and trade.
  • What does "fertile" mean?
    Good for growing crops.
  • 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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