Egypt

The Great Sphinx

Egypt•About the size of TX and NM combined•Lifeline is the Nile River•Supplies 85% of the country’s water•Capital- Cairo

Egypt

Egypt• Sinai Peninsula lies

southeast of the Nile delta

• Suez canal separates the peninsula from the rest of Egypt

• Once taken by Israel

The Suez Canal

Egypt• The Eastern and Libyan deserts of Egypt are part of the

larger Sahara Desert region

The Sahara region

Egypt• Only 2% of the land is used for farming• 29% of the people work in agriculture• All of the farmland lies in the Nile river valley• Farms depend on dams to control the water

supply• The dams are blocking the silt which is making

the farms less fertile.• The dams provide hydroelectric power for most

of the country

Egypt• Aswan High Dam

Egypt• The largest industrial centers are the capital of

Cairo and the port city of Alexandria • The rely on tourist coming to see the pyramids

and ancient temples• Their major export is Oil• They have a Republic government

• President is-Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK • 72.1 million people live there most within 20

miles of the Nile river

Egypt• Vocabulary• Silt- small particles of rich soil

• Phosphate- mineral salt used in fertilizer

• Fellahin- Egyptian peasant farmers

• Bazaar- another word for marketplace

• Mosque- places of worship for followers of Islam