2nds for Desert Researching and Mapping the Golden Empire If you lived on a distant, overcrowded planet in another galaxy and peered through your very powerful telescope in search of a potential site for your intergalactic colony, Egypt would probably not be where your eye settled. Around 10,000 years ago, however, people did begin to settle there and, from those early settlements, one of the world’s great civilizations grew. This activity is a 2fer. In it, you get two opportunities to develop good skills. First, you will build your 6th-grade research skills by using the interweb to answer a few questions about Egypt. Then, you will use your answers and online sources to complete a map of Egypt, the Golden Empire. 1. (map) What countries border modern-day Egypt? 2. (map) Name the major bodies of water that surround and are a part of Egypt. 3. In what region of the world is Egypt located? 4. What types of things are mined in ancient Egypt? 5. What kinds of stone came from ancient Egyptian quarries, and what was this stone used for? 6. (map) What is a delta, and why was the delta of the Nile important to ancient Egypt? 7. (map) What are the names of Egypt’s deserts and how did they benefit Egypt’s early settlers? 8. What is an oasis, and how were oases used by the ancient Egyptians? 9. Where were the fertile lands in ancient Egypt located? 10. Describe how and why the ancient Egyptians were able to grow crops in these fertile land areas. 11. List at least four reasons the Nile River was important to the ancient Egyptians. 12. List at least five natural resources that were available in the ancient Egyptian empire and explain what each would have been used for. 13. What types of crops were typically grown by the ancient Egyptians? 15. Why was papyrus so important to the ancient Egyptians? Mapping the Golden Empire On the map below, find and label the information asked for in Questions 1, 2, 6, & 7 above.
