Egyptian Geography

The most important body of water for Egypt's success was:

• The Red Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Nile River

• The Euphrates River

True or false: the flooding of the Nile was very similar to the rivers of Mesopotamia in that it flooded unpredictably.

• True

• False

True or false: the Nile River is the world's longest river.

• True

• False

These are churning rapids that not only broke up the smooth course of the Nile but helped divide Egypt into sections.

• Mountains

• Cataracts

• Deltas

• Lakes

True or false: Upper Egypt is located in the northern part of Egypt.

• True

• False

This is a triangular-shaped area of marshy land that is where the Nile River fans out into other branches as it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

• The Nile Delta

• The 6th cataract

• The Red Sea

• The Sahara Desert

True or false: Egypt has hot, dry weather nearly all of the time.

• True

• False

The area of fertile land along the Nile was known as:

• silt

• green land

• black land

• red land

Positive qualities about the red land included all EXCEPT:

• The red land protected them from invasions.

• Egyptians were able to grow certain crops there.

• The red land was rich in natural resources, like stone and gold.

• It helped to keep the outside world away.

The body of water to the east of Egypt that connected them to other parts of Africa and Asia was:

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Red Sea

• The Dead Sea

• The Black Sea