Geography of Ancient Egypt

What is the longest river in the world?

• Amazon River
• Euphrates River
• Mississippi River
• Nile River

About how long is the Nile River?

• 400 miles long
• 1000 miles long
• 4000 miles long
• 10,000 miles long

On what continent is the Nile River located?

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• South America

What civilization is "The Gift of the Nile"?

• China
• Egypt
• Greece
• Sumer

What did the Ancient Egyptians call the rich fertile land on either side of the Nile River?

• The Black Land
• The Fertile Crescent
• Lower Egypt
• The Red Land

What did the Ancient Egyptians call the the desert land away from the Nile River where nothing grew and few people lived?

• The Arabian Desert
• The Black Land
• The Red Land
• The Waste Land

Which civilization would NOT have existed without the Nile River?

• Egypt
• Greece
• Indus Valley
• Sumer

What is a wide, marshy, triangular land that forms from silt deposits at the mouth of some rivers?

• Bayou
• Crescent
• Delta
• Upper Egypt

What is rich topsoil carried away and deposited by water from rivers or floods?

• black land
• marsh
• red land
• silt

The Nile River flows down into what Sea?

• Arabian Sea
• Dead Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea