Comprehension Questions: Analyze the map you have created. Answer the following questions ON THE BACK OF YOUR MAP IN COMPLETE SENTENCES:
1. Why do you think ancient Egypt was difficult for outsiders to conquer? Explain what surrounds Egypt that would be difficult for a large army to travel across. Explain your answer in detail including details from your map.
2. Why do you think the top of your map is technically called “Lower Egypt” and the bottom is called “Upper Egypt?” (Hint: Look at where the Nile River empties and which way the river flows).
3. Look at how the cities of the Egyptian civilization were spread out along miles and miles of river. What do you think the Egyptians would have to be good at to maintain control of such a long, thin civilization? Explain.
4. A Greek historian Herodotus once wrote that “Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.” Based on the map you looked at called “Gift of the Nile” and the green shading around the river, what was the “gift of the Nile?” Without the Nile, why would life be impossible for this civilization? How was
1. Why do you think ancient Egypt was difficult for outsiders to conquer? Explain what surrounds Egypt that would be difficult for a large army to travel across. Explain your answer in detail including details from your map.
2. Why do you think the top of your map is technically called “Lower Egypt” and the bottom is called “Upper Egypt?” (Hint: Look at where the Nile River empties and which way the river flows).
3. Look at how the cities of the Egyptian civilization were spread out along miles and miles of river. What do you think the Egyptians would have to be good at to maintain control of such a long, thin civilization? Explain.
4. A Greek historian Herodotus once wrote that “Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.” Based on the map you looked at called “Gift of the Nile” and the green shading around the river, what was the “gift of the Nile?” Without the Nile, why would life be impossible for this civilization? How was