Egypt and the Nile: floods, farming, pharaohs, pyramids and hieroglyphs

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   The Nile's year in the Egyptian calendar

   Season	What happened
   Akhet (Inundation)	?
   Peret (Growth)	the fields came out of the water and crops grew
   Shemu (Harvest)	crops were harvested and the river was low

   The cell marked ? is blank. Each season had 120 days, and 5 extra days were added, making a 365-day year.

2. 1.

   Pia's chart has a blank: what happened in Akhet, the Inundation?

   • Crops grew in the drying fields
   • The Nile flooded the fields and left silt
   • Heavy rain fell each day
   • Ripe crops were harvested and carried home
3. 2.

   Ren's chart has a blank: what happened in Peret, the Growth season?

   • Crops were harvested
   • The Nile flooded the fields
   • Snow covered the fields
   • Fields came out of the water and crops grew
4. 3.

   Tala's chart has a blank: what happened in Shemu, the Harvest season?

   • Fields came out of the water
   • Snow and ice covered the frozen river for months
   • The Nile flooded the fields
   • Crops were harvested and the river was low

5. The Nile's year in the Egyptian calendar

   Season	What happened
   Akhet (Inundation)	the Nile flooded the fields and left silt
   Peret (Growth)	the fields came out of the water and crops grew
   Shemu (Harvest)	crops were harvested and the river was low

6. 4.

   Zee reads the word inundation. What does it mean?

   • A harvest festival
   • A flood that covers the land
   • A heavy rainstorm that soaks the land
   • A long dry spell
7. 5.

   Ari reads that the flood left silt. What is silt?

   • Salt carried in from the open sea
   • Rain that soaks the fields
   • Sand blown from the desert
   • Fine, rich soil left by water
8. 6.

   Bo reads about papyrus. What was papyrus?

   • A wetland plant made into writing sheets
   • A kind of clay tablet
   • A boat on the Nile
   • A stone used for pyramids

9. The Nile's year in the Egyptian calendar

   Season	What happened
   Akhet (Inundation)	the Nile flooded the fields and left silt
   Peret (Growth)	the fields came out of the water and crops grew
   Shemu (Harvest)	crops were harvested and the river was low

   Each season had 120 days, and 5 extra days were added, making a 365-day year.

10. 7.

    Each of the three seasons had 120 days. How many days were in the three seasons together, Esme asks?

    • 300 days
    • 123 days
    • 360 days
    • 365 days
11. 8.

    After the three seasons, 5 extra days were added. How long was the Egyptian year, Jun asks?

    • 360 days
    • 1,800 days
    • 365 days
    • 366 days
12. 9.

    A season of 120 days was split into months of 30 days. How many months were in each season, Kira asks?

    • 3 months
    • 4 months
    • 12 months
    • 150 months

13. The Nile's year in the Egyptian calendar

    Season	What happened
    Akhet (Inundation)	the Nile flooded the fields and left silt
    Peret (Growth)	the fields came out of the water and crops grew
    Shemu (Harvest)	crops were harvested and the river was low

14. 10.

    Why did Egyptian farmers plant after the flood went down, Luz asks?

    • Rain had just fallen
    • The soil was wet and fresh silt covered it
    • The harvest came first
    • The river was at its highest