Starter quiz
- Which of these is a river?
- True or false? Rivers always start and end in the same country.
- True
- False ✓
- Where is Egypt?
- Asia
- Europe
- Africa ✓
- South America
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- Choose the sentences that most accurately describe bronze.
- Bronze is a man-made substance. ✓
- Bronze is a metal. ✓
- Bronze is a natural substance.
- Bronze is expensive.
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- The Bronze Age started around 2,700 BCE in Britain. What was the time before the Bronze Age called?
- The Iron Age
- The Stone Age ✓
- The Modern Age
- The Old Age
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- Which of these is an agricultural activity?
- keeping animals as pets
- baking bread, cakes and biscuits
- growing crops that can be used for food ✓
- trading goods with other people
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Exit quiz
- Which river flows through Egypt?
- River Thames
- River Nile ✓
- Amazon River
- Yellow River
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- Approximately when did the Ancient Egyptian civilisation begin?
- 1300
- 300 BC
- 3000 BCE ✓
- 1930
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- How do we describe soil or land that can produce farm crops or other plants?
- 'fertile' ✓
- What happened when the land around the River Nile flooded?
- it turned black and fertile ✓
- it could not be used for farming
- it destroyed the plants
- it turned white and fertile
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- Sahara⇔a desert surrounding the River Nile ✓
- Lake Victoria⇔where the River Nile starts ✓
- Mediterranean Sea⇔where the River Nile ends ✓
- Put the sentences in order to describe how the River Nile was useful for farming in Ancient Egypt.
- 1⇔The River Nile floods once a year.
- 2⇔Water and mud wash over the land.
- 3⇔The land turns black.
- 4⇔The mud soaks into the soil.
- 5⇔The soil becomes very fertile.
- 6⇔Many crops grow in the fertile soil.
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Key learning points
- At one time there were two Egyptian kingdoms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, but around 3,000 BCE they were united.
- The civilisation known as the Ancient Egyptians began over 3,000 years before the birth of Christ, 3,000 BC or BCE.
- They lived near a large river they called the Nile, in North Africa, protected from enemies by dry land to their sides.
- The River Nile was long, deep and filled with a dark black mud.
- When the Nile flooded, this mud made the land the Egyptians live on turn black, and become very fertile.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the River Nile is a river found only in Egypt.
The River Nile does flow through Egypt, but it also flows through 10 other countries in east Africa. It is Africa's longest river.
Keywords
Civilisation - a civilisation is a well organised group of people that has their own language and way of life
Bc - BC is short for 'Before Christ' and refers to the time before the year 1, in which people believe Jesus was born
Bce - BCE is short for 'Before Common Era' and refers to the time before the year 1
Fertile - soil or land that can produce farm crops or other plants is fertile
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