Geography of Ancient Egypt Flashcard

Front

What are the sources of the Nile River?

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The white Nile and the blue Nile

Front

What forms the Lower Egypt region?

Back

The Nile Delta

Front

Into which body of water does the Nile River empty into?

Back

The Mediterranean Sea

Front

The Nile River flows in which direction?

Back

South to North

Front

Where is Upper Egypt located?

Back

In the South

Front

Where is Lower Egypt located?

Back

In the North

Front

What were the regions of Upper and Lower Egypt based on?

Back

The flow of the Nile River.

Front

What is a cataract?

Back

A group of rocky rapids

Front

Why was Egyptian agriculture dependent on the Nile River?

Back

silt

Front

Why could the Nile River be considered harmful?

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The banks flooded yearly or didn't flood at all