The Nile River

Which is the longest river in the world?

• Nile River
• Yellow River
• Mississippi River
• Amazon River

What body of water does the nile River empty into?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Indian Ocean

Which of the following was NOT a crop of the ancient Egyptians?

• Flax
• Corn
• Papyrus
• Wheat

Which important event provided rich soil year after year around the Nile River?

• Giant flocks of birds coming from the south.
• Huge storms came during the rainy seasons.
• The river flooded its banks.
• None of these events.

Upper Egypt is located in the north where it empties into the sea.

• True
• False

what was Akhet?

• The harvest season
• The god of the nile river
• The dry season
• The season of flooding

What did Egyptians consider the Gift of the Nile?

• The fish they were able to catch for food.
• The fresh water they could use for drinking.
• The breeze that help them travel upstream.
• The rich black soil from the Nile flooding.

The primary way of traveling along the Nile River was with boats.

• True
• False

Why does the Nile River NOT flood the cities of modern day Egypt?

• Because it stop flooding over 1,000 years ago.
• Because of the Aswan Dam
• Because the river dried up around 100 years ago.
• It still floods many cities every year.

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe cause the Nile to flood each year?

• The tears of the goddess Isis
• melting snow from the south
• earthquakes in the Red Sea
• giant elephants in central Africa