Geography of the Nile AW Ch.3 Section 1

The area between the first and second cataracts of the Nile is called...

• Lower Nubia

• Upper Nubia

• The Fertile Crescent

• Egypt

A rock-filled rapid of the Nile river is called....

• A Delta

• Silt

• A Cataract

• Sink hole

A triangle-shaped area at the river's end is called...

• A delta

• silt

• A cataract

• a fan

The area north of the first cataract is called....

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Nubia

• Upper Nubia

What are the 2 main sources of the Nile river?

• The Upper and Lower Nile

• The Blue and The White Nile

• The First and The Second Nile

• The Egyptian and The Nubian Nile

What feature of the Nubian section of the Nile is NOT found in the Egyptian section of the Nile?

• Fertile soil on riverbanks

• yearly flooding

• rock-filled rapids

• a delta

Why did the ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?

• The area experienced several solar eclipses per year

• A dark plant that grew well in the desert covered the ground

• The sky was often darkened by large flying insects

• The soil left by the Nile's floods was dark.

Which reason most likely explains why Egyptians in the Nile river valley often had a lot of crops?

• The land there was very fertile

• The people needed crop surpluses so they could make crafts

• The people were hardworking

• The Nile river allowed people to fish instead of farm.

Which statement best describes how the people of Egypt traveled the Nile river?

• They could travel down stream but not up stream

• They could travel up stream but not down stream

• They could travel both down and up stream

• They could not travel on the Nile because of Cataracts

Rich fertile soil was called....

• Silt

• Cataract

• Delta

• Farm land