The Nile River

What body of water does the nile River empty into?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Indian Ocean

Which important event provided rich soil year after year around the Nile River?

• Giant flocks of birds coming from the south.
• Huge storms came during the rainy seasons.
• The river flooded its banks.
• None of these events.

What did Egyptians consider the Gift of the Nile?

• The fish they were able to catch for food.
• The fresh water they could use for drinking.
• The breeze that help them travel upstream.
• The rich black soil from the Nile flooding.

Why does the Nile River NOT flood the cities of modern day Egypt?

• Because it stop flooding over 1,000 years ago.
• Because of the Aswan Dam
• Because the river dried up around 100 years ago.
• It still floods many cities every year.

Approximately how many miles long was the Nile?

• 1200
• 2500
• 4200
• 5200

Which direction does the Nile flow?

• North
• South
• East
• West

The white Nile starts from here.

• The Himalayas

• Sahara desert

• Lake Victoria

The Aswan High Dam uses water from the river to make this.

• Engines

• Electricity

• wind mill

What is the source of the Blue Nile?

• As Sudd in Sudan

• Lake Nasser in Egypt

• Lake Tana in Ethiopia

• Murchison Falls in Uganda

Hydroelectric potential is

• a system that allows for the year-round watering of crops.

• the electrical power that can be generated from flowing water.

• the area drained by a river and its tributaries.

• the movement of water from the surface of Earth to the atmosphere and back again.