Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Unit 1

True or False: Famine means to have a surplus of food.

• True

• False

This geographical feature provides both food, transportation, and danger to Ancient Egyptians.

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Sahara Desert

• The Nile River

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

_______ is an ancient region in the Nile River Valley.

• Thebes

• Cairo

• Babylon

• Nubia

How many cataracts are located on the Nubian section of the Nile River?

• 5

• 6

• 3

• 8

A delta was good because...

• It provided protection.

• A delta was not good for Ancient Egyptians.

• It helped pharaohs to be powerful.

• It provided good land for farming.

This caused deltas to be fertile farmland.

• Silt

• Rainfall

• Irrigation

• Sunlight