Nile Causes and Effects
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Nile Causes and Effects
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Do Now What part of the Nile River supported
the most people? How was silt created?
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Activity Turn to page 136 of your textbook.
Label as many causes and effects and you can find.
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Cause 1 In some years, rains were not heavy
enough to make the Nile overflow
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Effect 1 The lands baked in the sun, and crops
dried up
Without a harvest, many Egyptians starved
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Cause 2 In other years, too much rain fell
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Effect 2 The river flooded wildly, drowning
people and destroying crops
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Cause 3 Egyptians developed agricultural
techniques such as:
Irrigation ditches Dams Dikes They also stored water in ponds or
pools for use when the river was low.
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Effect 3 Populations of settlements along the
shores increased
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Cause 4 Irrigation became extremely
important to the food supply
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Effect 4 It became supervised by government
officials
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Cause 5 The government began to have
complete control over farming and irrigation
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Effect 5 The authority of early Egyptian
leaders was based on their ability to provide water for crops
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Cause 6 In good years, large harvests
produced surplus food
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Effect 6 Rulers stored surplus to feed people
in times of drought and to feed the laborers on public works projects
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Wrap Up Why was irrigation and controlling
water so important to Egyptians?