T OWARD C IVILIZATION

D O N OW Take out your drawings of gods and goddesses

O BJECTIVES Essential Question: How did the Nile River support early civilization in ancient Egypt? 1. Summarize your findings of Egyptian gods and goddesses. 2. Summarize and interpret information found in the textbook 3. Recognize the significance of an advanced civilization in Egypt.

Q UESTION 1 1. By 3100 B.C., early Egyptians were developing an advanced civilization in towns along the Nile.

Q UESTION 2 2. What advances in Egyptian society do you see in the first paragraph?

Q UESTION 2 A. They built temples as places of worship and stone tombs to hold the bodies of rulers who had died. B. Early writing appears on these temples and tombs. C. The Egyptians made pottery on which they painted scenes from their lives. D. They mined copper for tool-making and gold for decorative art.

E GYPTIAN P OTTERY

CopperGold

Q UESTION 3 What 2 crops were primarily grown in Egypt?

Q UESTION 3 WheatBarley

Q UESTION 4 Where were these crops grown?

Nile ValleyNile Delta Question 4

Q UESTION 5 The Sinai Peninsula was a crossroads for early Egyptians and traders from southwestern Asia.

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Q UESTION 6 Trade also took place on the Nile River. This served as a highway connecting Egyptian settlements. To use this “highway,” Egyptians became expert shipbuilders.

Q UESTION 7 Explain how shipbuilding progressed in Egypt.

Q UESTION 7 At first, Egyptians built their boats from bundles of reeds. Later, they made large sailing ships out of wood from what is now Lebanon.

E GYPTIAN B OAT

L EBANON

Q UESTION 8 Sails did more than just increase traveling speed. They also made it possible for ships to sail upstream against the river’s current.

Q UESTION 9 This meant that nearly all the Nile, except for the cataracts in Nubia, could be used for travel and trade.

Q UESTION 10 Trade and travel made it possible for some towns to grow into cities. Then some of these trade centers emerged as separate cultures and powers.

Q UESTION 11 By 3100 B.C., Egypt consisted on what 2 kingdoms?

Q UESTION 11 Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt

W RAP U P List at least 3 things that you learned in today’s lesson. Be sure to include 1 fact that you learned about Egyptian gods or goddesses.