Ancient Egypt: Civilization and Culture

The Nile River Valley is where the ancient Egyptian civilization developed about 5000 years ago in the Nile River ______

Ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife and worked hard to prepare for it, with pharaohs and wealthy Egyptians building elaborate ______

The ancient Egyptians had a powerful central government ruled by a pharaoh, or king of ancient ______

The Nile River brought great floods and left behind deposits of silt, a rich soil, along the river’s ______

Queen Nefertiti was the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaton in the 1300s b.c. Natural Resources Water and oil are the most important natural resources in ______.

The Suez Canal was built in Egypt in ______. It allows large ships to pass from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

One of the most important goods that passes through the Suez Canal today is ______.

North Africa's location is also related to the locations of people in ______. These regions have been connected across the Mediterranean for thousands of years.

MOROCCO, WESTERN SAHARA, MAURITANIA, MALI, ALGERIA, TUNISIA, NIGER, LIBYA, NIGER, CHAD, SUDAN, ______

The Nile River brought great floods and left behind deposits of silt, a rich soil, along the river’s ______

Ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife and worked hard to prepare for it, with pharaohs and wealthy Egyptians building elaborate ______