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6th grade Egypt and the Nile: floods, farming, pharaohs, pyramids and hieroglyphs worksheet

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

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Circle the best answer.

  1. Read this first

    The Nile's year in the Egyptian calendar

    SeasonWhat 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. 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. 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. 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

    SeasonWhat 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. 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. 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. 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

    SeasonWhat 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. 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. 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. 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

    SeasonWhat 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. 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
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Egypt and the Nile: floods, farming, pharaohs, pyramids and hieroglyphs. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can read the Nile's three seasons on a chart and work out the 365-day calendar.
  • I can explain how papyrus was made, how a shaduf lifts water, and why hieroglyphs took time to learn.
  • I can read a chart about building the Great Pyramid as engineering, keep debated ideas marked as debated, and test Herodotus's claim about the calendar.

Standard: D2.Geo.8.6-8

Common mistakes

Your child read the wrong row of the chart. Find the row's name first, then read across.

Your child thought rain watered Egypt's fields. Egypt is dry; the Nile's yearly flood brought the water and silt.

Your child reversed cause and effect. The cause comes first and makes the effect happen.

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What is the most common mistake with egypt and the nile: floods, farming, pharaohs, pyramids and hieroglyphs?

Your child read the wrong row of the chart. Find the row's name first, then read across.

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