Egypt Geography

Egypt Geography

This lesson will teach you all about the geographic things that helped Egypt become a huge civilization!

Egypt is in North Africa

• Farming villages along the Nile River became a huge, powerful, rich civilization!

Multiple Choice

Egypt is in ____ Africa.

• North

• South

• East

• West

The Nile River

• Called "The Gift"

• Longest river in the world (4000 miles long!)

• Lots of "fertile soil" called silt next to the River

• River flooded, good and bad

• Hot desert on both sides

Multiple Choice

The Nile is the ______ river in the world.

• longest

• shortest

Egypt was safe from invasion!

• NORTH: Mediterranean Sea

• EAST AND WEST: Hot desert and mountains

• SOUTH: Bumpy, dangerous cataracts in the river

• These are all NATURAL BARRIERS!

Multiple Choice

What is a natural barrier?

Multiple Choice

What is a natural barrier?

• Something made by Egyptians to keep them safe.

• Something made by nature to keep people safe.

Look at the Mediterranean Sea up there in the blue. It was hard for invaders to cross.

The Sahara Desert-hard for invaders to cross

Invaders could not cross these cataracts!

Multiple Choice

_________ are rocky rapids that keep invaders out of Egypt.

• deserts

• cataracts

• deltas

Multiple Select

Check ALL of the natural barriers that kept Egypt SAFE. (Choose 3)

• cataracts in Nile River

• deserts and mountains

• Meditteranean Sea

• gates and walls

Look at the green triangle shape near the Mediterranean Sea. It's called a delta. That's all great farmland!

Nile River---->

Multiple Choice

Triangle-shaped area land where a river ends. Good, fertile soil!

• cataracts

• mountain

• delta

Nile was also a gift because...

• Papyrus grew along the river banks

• ​

• Fishing

• ​

• Animals/hunting

Egyptians learned how to turn papyrus into...

Reeds

Papyrus

Egyptians wrote on papyrus

Reeds

Papyrus

Multiple Choice

How did Egyptians solve the problem of not having anything to write on?

• They used clay

• They used reeds growing near the river

The Nile River is also...

Where the Bible says Moses was floating in a basket and found by the Queen of Egypt.

​The Nile River

Open Ended

Why was the Nile River called "The Gift of the Nile." Restate and Answer with 2 reasons.