Study gudie chapter 15

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What did the Nile River provide for thousands of years? Options: water, fertile plains, and transportation; water, food, and soil; flooding, water, and sunlight.

Back

water, fertile plains, and transportation

Front

what is the longest river in the world?

Back

Nile

Front

The Nile's regular flooding has allowed for the development of what, in its valley?

Back

agriculture

Front

What do the floodwaters deposit along the river's floodplain?

Back

rich and fertile sillt

Front

What does the ebb and flow of the river allow farmers to do?

Back

plan around its flood cycle

Front

What are 2 reasons the Aswan High Dam was created?

Back

generate hydroelectric power; to regulate the flooding in the Nile

Front

What 2 reasons are farmers able to grow their crops year round?

Back

man made irrigation and natural flooding cycle

Front

Ancient Egypt had how many time periods? What were they?

Back

4 main periods

Front

During the Early Dynastic period what did the Egyptians begin to build? Options: stone monuments called pyramids, stone buildings called persude, tall trees called pines

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stone monuments called pyramids

Front

During the old kingdom period what 2 things became more advanced?

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farming and trade