Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley Quiz

What is the name of the area of fertile marshland that leads into the Mediterranean Sea at the northern end of the Nile?

• Oasis

• Delta

• Lagoon

• Estuary

What is the name of the two separate rivers that form the Nile?

• Red Nile and Blue Nile

• White Nile and Black Nile

• White Nile and Blue Nile

• Green Nile and Yellow Nile

What is the name of the areas of bumpy, turbulent water formed by the Nile's shallow and quick flow over great boulders and steep cliffs?

• cataracts

• Whirlpools

• Waterfalls

• Tsunamis

What is the name of the desert that the Nile River flows through?

• Sahara Desert

• Arabian Desert

• Kalahari Desert

• Gobi Desert

What is the name of the physical feature that runs through the Egyptian Empire?

• Sahara Desert

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Euphrates River

True or False: The Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris River all flood.

• True

• False

Which river was most predictable for flooding?

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Nile

What helped Egypt have fertile soil?

• Sahara Desert

• Red Sea

• Tigris River

• Nile River

Who on the social pyramid was in charge of writing and keeping records?

• pharaoh

• slaves

• artisans

• scribes

Which person on the social pyramid was the ruler and religious leader?

• slaves

• scribes

• pharaohs

• farmers