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Geography of the Nile (Section 1)

Quiz by Mrs Kendle

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  • Q1
    The area between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile
    Lower Nubia
    Upper Egypt
    delta
    Blue Nile
    30s
  • Q2
    A rock-filled rapid of the Nile River
    treacherous
    level 5
    delta
    cataract
    30s
  • Q3
    A triangle-shaped area at a river's end
    delta
    causeway
    canal
    spillway
    30s
  • Q4
    The area north of the First Cataract
    Macedonia
    waterway
    Upper Egypt
    Memphis
    30s
  • Q5
    rich, fertile soil
    sand
    mud
    silt
    swamp land
    30s
  • Q6
    What are the two main sources of the Nile River?
    West Nile & East Nile
    Purple Nile & Red Nile
    Upper Nile & Lower Nile
    Blue Nile and White Nile
    30s
  • Q7
    What feature of the Nubian section of the Nile is not found in the Eqyptian section?
    rock-filled rapids
    beautiful sunsets
    snails for purple dyes
    fertile soil riverbanks
    30s
  • Q8
    Why did ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?
    The soil left by the Nile's floods is dark.
    Mosquitoes often fill the sky
    the development of black dyes
    More solar eclipse
    30s
  • Q9
    Which reason most likely explains why Egyptians in the Nile River valley often had crop surpluses?
    They were highly skilled in agriculture
    The land there was very fertile
    They used fish to fertilize
    The land was blessed
    30s
  • Q10
    Which statement best describes how the people of Egypt traveled the Nile River.
    They could go upstream only
    They could travel both downstream and upstream
    They could go downstream only
    They were scared to travel on the Nile do to plagues
    30s

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