Ancient Egypt

A lightweight fabric woven from flax plant fibers

• shaduf

• linen

• pyramid

• cataracts

waterfalls

• cataracts

• Nile River

• shaduf

• delta

trading goods with no exchange of money

• cataracts

• plowing

• delta

• bartering

The longest rive in the world

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

an area near a river's mouth where the water deposits silt

• delta

• cataracts

• red land

• black land

The desert area in Egypt

• delta

• fertile crescent

• red lands

• black lands

a tool used to spread water across a field

• delta

• shaduf

• scroll

• irrigation canal

the land along the Nile that has rich, fertile soil

• delta

• fertile crescent

• red land

• black land

What is the weather like in Egypt?

• hot, dry, sunny

• warm, breezy, mild precipitation

• hot, cloudy, rainy

• sunny, cool, dry

The Nile affected Egypt's economy because it allowed them to trade surpluses with each other.

• True

• False