Students created a PowerPoint to share the information they learned about a Middle Eastern country of their choice. This is not teacher edited; additional instruction will be retaught for standard English conventions and age appropriate bibliography.

1. EGYPT
By: Charlie - 4D

2. INTRODUCTION
Cairo is the capital city of Egypt.
Egypt is situated in Africa. It is
found in North Africa. The main
language spoken there is Arabic.

3. GIZA PYRAMID

4. WORLD MAP

5. GEOGRAPHY
 The pyramid Giza was built as a tomb
around 4,500 years ago. The Sahara
desert covers nearly 2 thirds of Egypt.
Alexandria is the second largest city in
Egypt. The Nile River flows through central
Cairo. The Suez Canal is the longest canal
with no locks.
 Nobody knows what happened to the
Great Sphinx‟s nose, or why it is not there.
The Western desert is low-lying and flat.
The Nile River is 4,132 miles long with 960
miles in Egypt. West of the Nile is one of
the world‟s driest areas. The Suez Canal
separates Sinai from the rest of Egypt.

7. HISTORY
 February 28 1922 is Egypt‟s independence day.
Native kings and queens ruled the country for most of
Egypt‟s first 2,500 years. In 332 BC Alexander the
Great invaded Egypt. A military group overthrew
Egypt‟s king in 1952.Gamel Abdel Nasser was the first
native Egyptian ruler in more than 2,000 years.

8. CULTURE
 Anubis led the dead spirits to the scales of justice where the heart
is weighed against a feather. If the heart is heavy it is said to be
loaded with bad deeds, whereas if the heart is light, the person is
sent to the kingdom of Osiris. Most of the people who live in Egypt
are Muslims. Gamel Abdel Nasser was an important leader from
1956-1970. The people‟s assembly is a group of 454 people who
are elected by their community or who are appointed by the
president

9. MORE CULTURE
Sham al-Nessin means “Scent of the breezes”
which is a celebration that is popular in the
spring time. Ramadan is the most important
month for most Muslims, adults stop eating for
the day. After sundown the fasting stops and
they enjoy a meal called iftar. The word ihtafala
means „celebrate‟ in the Arabic language.

10. CLIMATE
 The Mediterranean coast is where it rains most. The
temperature can reach up to 31 degrees c (88 degrees
F) in the Summer. Most people think that the desert is
hot and dry, it is, but during the night it is actually quite
cold. It rains mostly in the winter but also in the
Summer. In the desert there are sometimes
sandstorms.

11. FACTS
 The Addax is sort of like an antelope and it can go months without
water surviving only on dew. They are endangered, there are
fewer than 500 in the wild. The color black in the flag shows Egypt
long ago, the white shows Egypt in modern times, the red shows
people, and the center of the flag is the symbol of Egypt. Camels
are used for transportation. Falcons, jackals, camels, and cats are
„important animals to the Egyptian culture. Tourism is very
important in Egypt.

12. SOURCES
 A-Z Egypt by Jeff Reynolds 2004
 Egypt by Christine Webster 2005
 Count You Way Through Egypt by Jim Haskins & Kathleen
Benson 2007
 Egypt the Land by Arlene Moscovitch 1996
 Egypt by Howard Gunter 2009
 Peer editors:
 Mariam Tell
 Polly Stokes
 Images:
 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Egypt
 http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/egypt-
facts/
 http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/274133
 http://www.countryreports.org/data-tables/index.htm
 http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/345682#