civilizations review 5/27

What river runs through Egypt?

• Red River

• Mediterranean River

• Nile River

Silt formed from the Nile flooding helped with:

• Embalming

• Pyramids

• Growing Crops

What did Egyptians do in the dry season?

• Hunt for food

• Gather food

• Irrigate their crops

What type of climate does Egypt have?

• Tropical with warm temperatures and lots of snow

• dry and hot temperatures and very little rainfall.

Which statements accurately describes the Nile River?

• The land around the Nile River is unusable desert.

• The land around the Nile River is yellow

• The Nile River is the longest river in the world.

What is the sea to the NORTH of Egypt where the Nile River flows into?

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Gulf of Mexico

What is silt?

• Good soil deposited by the rivers

• Bad soil deposited by the rivers

• Good soil deposited through windstorms in the desert

The most important piece of geography in Ancient Egypt was:

• Cataracts

• The Valley of Kings

• The Nile River

Ancient Egypt is sometimes referred to as the "BLANK of the Nile"

• Curse

• Gift

• Present

Preserving bodies for the afterlife

• mummification

• freezing

• turning it to ashes