Egypt

Created byMr. Raponi

ObjectivesStudents will be able to discuss the importance of the Nile River to Egypt.Students will be able to discuss the affect that the Sahara Desert has on the population of Egypt.CULTURE: Hieroglyphics, Mummies, Pyramids, Sphinx, King Tut

Land

The main river of Egypt, known as the

___________________ of Egypt, is the

___________________ which supplies 85% of the country’s water supply.

Egypt has three major land areas.

Nile River Valley Sinai Peninsula Desert Areas

The Nile River From the Sky

The Nile The Nile River is the LONGEST river in the world. It runs for 4,160 miles.

The Nile River spreads out into a broad wedge of farmland called a

_________________, or a triangle-shaped area of land at a river’s mouth.

Sinai Peninsula This section is not

actually in Africa but is a part of Southwestern

________________.

This is an extremely important area that helps to connect Africa to Asia.

Here you will find the

__________________ which helps ships pass from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

Deserts

West of the Nile River is

the ________________ Desert that covers 2/3 of Egypt’s land area.

Just east of the Nile River

lies the _______________ Desert.

Both of these deserts are parts of the largest desert in the world, the

___________________, which is the size of the Unites States of America

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Agriculture

Only ______ of Egypt’s land is good for farming and it lies in the fertile Nile River Valley.

Farmers grow vegetables, sugarcane and wheat. However, cotton is their

___________________. (Crops grown specifically to sell)

In 1968, the

______________________ was built to control flooding of the Nile. This has been helpful for the people of the area.

Industry The Aswan High Dam

provides hydroelectric power to Egypt’s industries.

The largest industrial centers are the capital city,

________________ and the seaport Alexandria.

Factories mainly produce food products, textiles, and

______________________, or household goods.

The People Most Egyptians live

within ______________ of the Nile River.

This means that 99% of Egypt’s population lives on only 3.5% of the land.

Cairo, the capital, is a huge city of almost 20 million people and is the largest city in Africa.

City Life

Cairo’s mosques, schools, and universities make it a leading center of the Muslim world.

Egypt was the site of one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. Ancient Egyptians used

_______________________, or written picture symbols.

Mummies Mummies are

a huge part of the history of Egypt, BUT WHAT ARE THEY??

                                                 

   

The tomb was robbed twice.

King Tut became King at age 9.

Historians believe he died at age 18 in 1323 BC .

After 3,000 years the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

Government Egypt was heavily

involved in the

__________________________.

Eighteen days of mass protests forced leader Hosni Mubarak to resign in February 2011, after three decades in power.

846 people were killed during the uprising.

Some analysts say Egypt has returned to the kind of police state which the revolution aimed to remove.

The Great Pyramid of Giza built 5,000 years

ago. It is the only one of the ORIGINAL Ancient Wonders of the World

still in existence.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is more than 450

feet tall. The Great Pyramid consists of

more than 2.3 million limestone blocks, each weighing more than 2

tons!

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue lion with a

human head near modern-day Cairo. It is 241 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 66 feet high. It is

thought that the Sphinx was built between 2555

BC to 2532 BC.

He Has Been Staring Out Into The Sahara for 5,000 Years

Ticket To Leave

-Think about what you have just heard. Write down three statements about it on an index card. -Then exchange your responses with a partner.-What were the most frequently mentioned ideas or terms?"