En anglais

Egypt's Trade and Wealth

History · Ancient Egypt · ages 9-11

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which present-day region supplied cedarwood imported by Egypt?
- Afghanistan
- Punt
- Lebanon
Which pair contains two goods Egypt exported?
- Gold and cedarwood
- Papyrus and grain
- Gold and incense
A farming family grows 9 baskets of grain and needs 7 baskets. How many baskets are its surplus?
Answer: ______________
The Nile had a yearly flood season, but floods could vary in size.
Circle one: True False
Which use of a farming surplus helped people work as craftworkers and officials?
- Saved food for farming families
- Seed grain for the next crop
- Meals for people in other jobs
Why did Egypt import cedarwood for boats and buildings?
- Flood damage to local cedar
- A lack of local cedar forests
- A change from grain wages to cedar
Stored surplus grain could help feed people during a poor harvest.
Circle one: True False
In an imagined barter agreement, 8 baskets of grain buy 2 jars of oil at the same price per jar. How many baskets buy 1 jar?
Answer: ______________
A surviving account lists a cedarwood delivery but gives no price or payment. That entry tells us how much gold was exchanged for the cedarwood.
Circle one: True False
An imagined grain account lists 5 baskets received and 2 baskets still owed. Which statement fits the account?
- The delivery is partly received and partly owed
- The delivery is promised but none has arrived
- The delivery is complete with nothing still owed

Answer key

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Lebanon · Egypt imported cedarwood from the region now called Lebanon.
Papyrus and grain · Papyrus and grain were both exports. Cedarwood and incense were imports.
2 · Subtract the family's needs from its harvest: 9 - 7 = 2 baskets of surplus.
True · A yearly flood season did not mean that every flood supplied the same amount of water.
Meals for people in other jobs · Surplus food could feed people doing non-farming work. Keeping it within farming households or saving seed describes other uses.
A lack of local cedar forests · Egypt had trees, but lacked cedar forests supplying the long timber needed for these uses.
True · Grain saved from an earlier surplus could provide food when a later harvest was small.
4 · Share 8 baskets equally between 2 jars: 8 divided by 2 = 4 baskets per jar.
False · The entry records a delivery, not its price or payment. It cannot establish that gold was used or how much was exchanged.
The delivery is partly received and partly owed · 'Received' means grain has arrived. 'Still owed' means grain remains due. The account records a partial delivery.