WorksheetsCh. 3 Sec. 1 Geography of the Nile
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An early description of the Nile was written by the Greek historian __________.
a)
Herodotus
b)
Kermit the Frog
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
King Sargon II
2.
The direction that the Nile River flows is _______ to the Mediterranean Sea from its sources in ________.
a)
north, United States
b)
north, Africa
c)
south, Persian Gulf
d)
north, Persian Gulf
3.
The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet in the present-day country of _________.
a)
Sudan
b)
Babylonia
c)
Nineveh
d)
Rhode Island
4.
The _______ Nile races down to the desert in thundering torrents.
a)
Blue
b)
White
c)
Yellow
d)
Pink
5.
The ________ Nile is calmer, flowing northward through swamps.
a)
White
b)
Blue
c)
Yellow
d)
Pink
6.
The _________ region of the Nile near the Mediterranean Sea is know as ___________ Egypt
a)
marshy, Lower
b)
rocky, Lower
c)
marshy, Upper
d)
rocky, Upper
7.
The ancient Egyptians called their land _________, "the black land," because of the dark soil left by the Nile's floods.
a)
Kemet
b)
silt
c)
dirt
d)
rocky
8.
__________ is an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day Egypt and northern Sudan.
a)
Nubia
b)
Babylonia
c)
Phonecia
d)
California
9.
In the Nubian section of the Nile, the river contains many rock-filled rapids, or ___________.
a)
cataracts
b)
blueberries
c)
plains
d)
deserts
10.
The ________ of the Nile, a triangular-shaped plain of very rich farmland, is located in Lower Egypt.
a)
delta
b)
desert
c)
cataracts
d)
covenant
11.
Deserts to the east and west protected the Egyptians from ___________ by foreign enemies.
a)
attacks
b)
parades
c)
overflow
d)
celebrations
12.
Around 5000 B.C., settled _________ communities began to appear in Egypt and Nubia.
a)
farming
b)
army
c)
religious
d)
caravan
13.
Although there was some farming in Nubia, it was difficult because of the _______ terrain so much of their food came from ________ and ________ birds along the banks of the Nile.
a)
rocky, fishing, hunting
b)
flat, trapping, fishing
c)
rocky, stores, hunting
d)
rocky, fishing, raising
14.
Not only were the deserts and the Nile River popular trade routes, but the Nile River ________ developed into a busy trade link as well.
a)
Valley
b)
boat ramp
c)
Airline
d)
fish path
15.
The Nile was a highway for ________ in Egypt.
a)
trade
b)
cars
c)
birds
d)
fish
16.
Ships floated _________ with the flow of the river, and sailed ________ with winds.
a)
north, south
b)
south, north
c)
east, south
d)
north, west
17.
Because of the cataracts people could not travel through ________ by river so they developed trade routes over ______.
a)
Nubia, land
b)
Egypt, land
c)
Nubia, silt
d)
Egypt, seas
18.
Beyond Kemet, the "black land" or the fertile river banks, lay the vast deserts or "______ _____".
a)
red land
b)
elephant caves
c)
rocky hills
d)
Mediterranean Sea
19.
Every spring, rushing waters from the highlands would bring down rich, fertile soil called ______, which was ideal for __________.
a)
silt, farming
b)
volcanoes, houses
c)
famine, industry
d)
silt, irrigating
20.
The Nile River is the world's ________ river.
a)
longest
b)
shortest
c)
only
d)
polluted
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