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Ancient Egypt
Term | Definition |
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ancient | long, long ago |
architecture | the design of buildings |
contribution | the act of giving or doing something |
hieroglyphics | writing of the ancient Egyptians |
climate | the kind of weather an area has over a long period of time |
land | the shape of the land's surface |
irrigation | watering the land to make it ready for planting |
enviroment | surroundings |
natural resources | materials that come directly from nature (like water, soil, wood, coal) |
human resources | people working to produce goods and services |
capital resources | goods (like machines, tools, buildings) made by people that are used to produce other goods and services |
producers | people who make goods and/or provide services |
goods | things that people make or use to satisfy wants |
services | activities that satisfy people's wants |
farming in ancient Egypt | Crops of all kinds grew in the rich fertile soil that was created with the flooding of the Nile River. |
fishing in ancient Egypt | The Egyptians fished in the Nile River. |
Irrigation Systems | Skilled farmers invented the first plows and used oxen to help build irrigation systems to bring water inland. |
Trading in ancient Egypt | Crafts, such as pottery and baskets, were traded and used in the storing of crops and fish caught in the Nile River. Cloth was created from the flax plant and was traded at marketplaces along the Mediterranean Coast |