Chapter 3 Test Flashcards
(35 cards)
Triangle-shaped land
Delta
Any change of fertile land into desert
Desertification
Fine bits of rock and soil
Silt
Tell ahead of time
Predict
A waterfall or a place where water runs over rocks
Cataract
Series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
Egyptian king
Pharaoh
Pharaoh’s commands
Edicts
A system of writing
Hieroglyphics
A paper like material
Papyrus
A burial place for the dead
Pyramid
Preserved body
Mummy
Farmed the land
Peasants
An ancient monument
Obelisk
Take over
Annex
Complete freedom
Independence
Group of buyers and sellers
Trading network
How did the Nile help the ancient Egyptians?
By giving them water and fertile land
How did the Egyptians explain natural events
They told stories about their gods
How did the Egyptians try to control the Nile
Inundation, Emergence, Harvest. During the spring the floods began and the rising water spilled into the land along this river, this is called Inundation. In the summer the waters would reach their peak and began to leave the fields, this was called the emergence. Farmers plowed their fields and planted crops, this is called harvest
Why was the uniting of Egypt important?
It marked the beginning of the world’s first organized government representing one group of people
How did the Nile river affect the development of Egyptian civilization
The Nile river’s branches and spreads out over a wide area and there drops much of the soil it carried from the upper river. The soil forms a delta over time. By 6000 b.c , Neolithic people began growing their food on the delta and the river valley leading to it. The rich soil helped them to begin their agriculture
How do think travel and trade up and down the Nile May have helped unite the Egyptians
The Egyptians could share beliefs and their culture as they traveled and traded up and down the Nile
What things in nature may have given them the idea to believe they have life after death?
The sun. They said the sun was a god who was born each day and died each night
