Ancient Egypt Review Worksheet
| # | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | Economics is the study of how people use goods, services, and resources. |
| 2 | A resource is something people use to make or get what they need or want. |
| 3 | The Nile River. |
| 4 | It gave water for drinking, farming, and travel. |
| 5 | Farming is growing crops and raising animals for food and other needs. |
| 6 | Wheat or barley. |
| 7 | Barter is trading one good or service for another without using money. |
| 8 | They often used barley, grain, or other goods. |
| 9 | A market is a place where people buy, sell, or trade goods and services. |
| 10 | They used markets to get goods they could not make themselves. |
| 11 | A good is a physical item people can buy, sell, or trade. |
| 12 | A service is work done for someone else, like building or cleaning. |
| 13 | Bread, cloth, or pottery. |
| 14 | A farmer planting crops or a builder making a house. |
| 15 | They made goods to meet their needs and because not everything was easy to buy. |
| 16 | The Nile helped people move goods by boat to other places. |
| 17 | Surplus means having more of something than you need. |
| 18 | It could be stored, traded, or used during times of need. |
| 19 | A trade route is a path or route people use to trade goods with other places. |
| 20 | Gold, papyrus, linen, or grain. |
| 21 | Gold was rare, beautiful, and useful for wealth and trade. |
| 22 | Papyrus is a plant used to make paper-like writing material. |
| 23 | It could be made into a product that people traded and used for writing. |
| 24 | Farmers produced food, which supported many people and allowed trade. |
| 25 | They made items and provided services that people needed. |
| 26 | Saving grain helped people survive when crops were poor or food was scarce. |
| 27 | Scarcity means there is not enough of something for everyone who wants it. |
| 28 | Drought could reduce water for crops, leading to less food. |
| 29 | The floods brought water and rich soil that helped crops grow. |
| 30 | It could lead to bigger harvests, more food, and more trade. |
| 31 | Specialization is when people focus on doing one job well. |
| 32 | It helped people make better goods and do jobs more efficiently. |
| 33 | They made items like jewelry, furniture, and pottery that could be traded. |
| 34 | Taxation is when people pay part of what they produce or earn to the government. |
| 35 | They used taxes to support the government and pay for public needs. |
| 36 | It managed taxes, organized workers, and supported farming and trade. |
| 37 | Labor was needed to grow crops, build buildings, and make goods. |
| 38 | Its location near the Nile and trade routes made farming and trade easier. |
| 39 | Farming produced food, trade shared goods with others, and government organized people and collected taxes to support the system. |
| 40 | Ancient Egypt had fertile land from the Nile, successful farming, active trade, skilled workers, and organized government support. |