Preparing for the Assessment: Egypt

What is a another word for farming?

• Nile River Valley
• Silt
• Agriculture

Where did most people settle in Egypt?

• Near the Nile River Valley
• Near the Red Sea
• In the middle of the desert
• Near the Mediterranean Sea

What is the name of the black, rich mineral made up of stone, sand and dirt?

• Fertile
• Silt
• Flood Water

Land that is good for farming is what?

• Fertile
• Irrigation
• Silt
• Agriculture

Watering dry lands using ditches, canals, buckets is called what?

• Mummification

• Irrigation

• Specialization

• Economy

Egyptians were able to grow so many crops that they could feed their own people and have enough to trade.  That means they had a _____ of crops.

• Scarcity
• Surplus
• Irrigation

The way a country uses workers and resources to make goods they can trade or sell is called

• Surplus
• Agriculture
• Economy

How did the introduction of agriculture impact Egyptians

• Egyptians became more nomadic

• Egyptians moved to follow their food source

• Egypt became a complex civilization

• Egyptians had scarcity of food

How did geography affect the GROWTH of river civilizations such as Egypt? Choose the BEST answer.

• Deserts provided protection for the people

• The limestone available there helped them build pyramids

• River valleys provided silt which helped them grow crops

People changed from being nomadic to being farmers who established villages. This change is known as...

• Old Stone Age

• Neolithic Revolution

• New Stone Age