The Nile River Valley

Name the river that ancient Egypt was based around.

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

The Nile River is the longest river in the world and is the only river that flows from south to north.

• True

• False

The Nile River empties into the Red Sea.

• True

• False

The fan-shaped area of a large river system (where it empties into a larger body of water) is called the river ___________________

• Crossroads

• Delta

• Junction

• Tributary

Egypt is located in the northeast region within the continent of Africa. It is surrounded by which desert?

• The Gobi Desert

• The Sahara Desert

• The Arizona Desert

• The Australian Outback

The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa and is the largest desert in the world.

• True

• False

The Sahara Desert is very hot, arid (dry), and has long periods of time with little to rainfall called _______________

• Famines

• Droughts

• Floods

• Surplus

Even though Egypt is surrounded by desert...the closer you get to the Nile River, the land becomes more ________________ (fertile and good for agriculture)

• Arid

• Arable

Shallow sections or sudden drop-offs of the Nile River that often has whitewater rapids and rocky areas are called ____________________

• Tributaries

• Silt

• Cataracts

• Deltas

The cataracts (whitewater rapid regions) of the Nile were a geographical area that separated Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

• True

• False