Ancient Egypt and Kush MODIFIED

The civilization of ancient Egypt first began in

• Northern Africa

• South Africa

• Mesopotamia

• Central Africa

The ancient Egyptians relied on the Nile River for...

• Drinking

• Bathing

• Watering crops

• All of the above

Waterfalls or rapids that made traveling the Nile by ship difficult 

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataracts

a bucket attached to a long pole for dipping water out of the Nile and pouring into basins 

• Shadoof

• Cataracts

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

A reed plant that grew along the Nile that ancient Egyptians used to make paper

• Shadoof

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataracts

A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound systems 

• Cataracts

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

• Shadoof

Egyptians were able to grow a ______________, which they then traded with the Nubians and Mesopotamia. 

• Fruit orchard

• Famine

• Food surplus

• Food forest

True or false: the Nile is the longest river in the world.

• True

• False

True or false: yearly flooding in Egypt was more predictable and less destructive than flooding in Mesopotamia. 

• True

• False