The Nile Quiz Review

Egypt was known as the __________________ of the nile

• gift
• present
• life
• farm

What caused the Nile to flood?

• Heavy summer rains in Egypt
• Heavy summer rains in the Ethopian Mountains
• The Pharoah cried
• The farmers left a hose pipe on

The rich fertile soil was called

• Silt
• Mud
• Sand
• Fertile

What did canals help the farmers do?

• Get water from the Nile to their crops
• Tbecause they were lazy to water their crops
• To have the hippos and crocodiles closer to their house for prtection
• SO they could be flooded every season

What did they use to get water from their canals to their crops?

• A shaduf
• A bucket
• A cow
• Their hands

Canals were also called

• irrigation ditches
• Water roads
• Canal ditches
• irrigation rivers

What was built that stopped the annual flooding of the Nile?

• The Aswan Dam
• A better river
• Isis stopped crying
• The Hippo's all died

a reed plant used to make paper

• papyrus

• pharaoh

• delta

• cataract

dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• papyrus

• pharaoh

• delta

• cataract

a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• papyrus

• pharaoh

• delta

• cataract