Chapter 4 Section 1- Geography and Ancient Egypt

All of the following are reasons why Egypt was called the "Gift of the Nile" except

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers brought rich silt to Egypt.

• The Nile River created a fertile valley about 13 miles wide.

• The Nile River flowed through rocky, hilly land south of Egypt

• The Nile River divided into several branches that flowed into the Mediterranean Sea forming the Nile Delta.

What were the names of the two regions of Egypt?

• Upper and Lower Egypt

• Top and Bottom

• Left and Right Egypt

Define cataracts.

• waves

• strong current

• strong rapids

• rainbows

Define delta.

• An ocean

• An airplane

• A triangle-shaped area of land made of water deposited by a river.

• A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.

True or False: Two-thirds of Egypt's farmland was in the Nile delta.

• True

• False

All of the following describe how civilization developed along the Nile River except:

• Farmers developed irrigation systems like the people in Mesopotamia.

• The Nile provided Egyptians with a surplus of food.

• The Nile had natural land barriers that made Egypt hard to invade.

• Egyptians developed canons and used them to fend of attacks from foreign lands.

All of the following describe how Egyptians created irrigation systems except:

• They built basins to collect water during the flood.

• They put hoses in the Nile River and used them to water their fields.

• They dug canals to direct water from basins to the fields during the dry months.

True or False: The Nile provided the Egyptians with a surplus of food.

• True

• False

Egyptians ate all of the following foods except:

• pizza

• wheat and barley

• fruits and vegetables

• cattle, sheep, ducks and geese

All of the following are natural barriers that protected Egypt except:

• desert

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• cataracts (rapids)

• valleys