Egypt Flashcards
(22 cards)
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes/Narmer he lived in upper Egypt and that united the two parts of Egypt.
What are the differences between upper and lower Egypt?
(Symbols)
- A) Upper Egypt= white crown looks like a bowling pin
B) Lower Egypt= Red Crown that looks like a seat - A) Upper Egypt= Blue Lotus
B) Lower Egypt= Papyrus reed
What are the similarities between the Tigers/Euphrates river and the Nile river?
- They both were a big impact for those around
What are the differences between the Tigris/Euphrates and the Nile river?
- The Nile flows north and the Tigris and Euphrates flows south-east
- The Nile floods the same time every year but the Tigris and Euphrates flows a different times every year
Which way dose the river flow?
(North or south)
The Nile river flows north, it ends at the Nile delta
What are the geographical features of Egypt that stoped invaders from other lands?
South = Nile (6) cataracts
North = mediterranean Sea
West = Sahara desert
East = Red Sea
What is the capital of Egypt and where is it located?
(During the old time period)
Memphis, Egypt! Memphis is located in lower Egypt and right at the opeaning of the Nile delta!
What is the capital of Egypt?
(Now)
Cairo
Where is the Nile delta located?
The Nile delta is at the top of lower Egypt and under the Memphis sea, but back then the Egyptians thought it was at the bottom of Egypt, because of the way of the river flows.
What did king Meaes do to officially unite upper and lower Egypt?
Married the princess of lower Egypt and combine the two crowns
What is the definition of cataracts?
Strong rapids formed in bodys of water
What is the definition of delta?
A triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river where it meets another body of water
What is the definition of a Pharaoh?
The title used by the rulers of Egypt, which means great house
What is the definition of a dynasty?
Is a series of rulers from the same family
What is the definition of irritagion?
A system/tool providing land with water
What is the definition of a nilometer?
A nilometer was used to predict flood levels or droughts.
What is the definition of shadoofs?
A shadoof is was simply a counterweight system,it was a long pole with a bucket on one end and the weight on the other (usually it was a rock).
What was the flooding season like?
Each year about the same time every year, the Nile river would flood with the snow from the mountains that had melted
What was the harvest season like?
The harvest season was for the Egyptians to prepare just in case the nile river didn’t flood that year
What were some of the animals that lived in Egypt?
What materials did they get from these animals?
Sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, and geese were raised from earliest times and suppled milk, wool, meat, eggs, leather,skins, horns and fat
What was the growing season like?
The growing season is when the farmers would grow wheat, barley, vegetables, figs, melons, pomegranates, corn, and flax
What is the importance of the Nile river to Egypt? 
It gave Egyptians a water source
It gave them good soil, which provided good farmland
Inspired a religion 
