The Nile River Valley Lesson 1 ~ The Gift of the Nile Flashcards

3275892449	Upper Egypt	upstream on the Nile River Thebes stone cliffs/desert sand	0
3275923039	Lower Egypt	downstream on the Nile River delta where Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea Memphis very fertile	1
3275930610	The Nile River	world's longest river - 4,000 miles long flows south to north begins in the mountains of Africa ends with a delta that empties into the Mediterranean Sea	2
3275960250	delta	a very fertile, flat, fan-shaped land made of silt dropped by a river as it drains into a larger body of water	3
3275969295	shadoof	a pole with a bucket and counterweight used especially in Egypt for raising water	4
3275978089	Too much Nile flooding	villages were destroyed farm animals drowned	5
3275997552	Too little Nile flooding	Crops failed	6
3275998492	"Nilometer"	a special staircase with carefully measured steps used to measure the level of flooding of the Nile River	7
3276073088	October	flooded land began to dry out farmers planted cucumbers, lettuce, onions, beans, and flax	8
3276097633	March	month when crops are harvested	9
3276100060	surplus crops	when farmers harvest more food than they need extra food goes to storehouses - not everyone had to be a farmer	10
3276134564	How the Nile helps the Egyptians	water for irrigation silt for farming (good soil) a route for trade water for transportation	11