WorksheetsThe Nile River
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the longest river in the world?
a)
Nile River
b)
Yellow River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Amazon River
2.
What body of water does the nile River empty into?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Red Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Indian Ocean
3.
Which of the following was NOT a crop of the ancient Egyptians?
a)
Flax
b)
Corn
c)
Papyrus
d)
Wheat
4.
Which important event provided rich soil year after year around the Nile River?
a)
Giant flocks of birds coming from the south.
b)
Huge storms came during the rainy seasons.
c)
The river flooded its banks.
d)
None of these events.
5.
Upper Egypt is located in the north where it empties into the sea.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
what was Akhet?
a)
The harvest season
b)
The god of the nile river
c)
The dry season
d)
The season of flooding
7.
What did Egyptians consider the Gift of the Nile?
a)
The fish they were able to catch for food.
b)
The fresh water they could use for drinking.
c)
The breeze that help them travel upstream.
d)
The rich black soil from the Nile flooding.
8.
The primary way of traveling along the Nile River was with boats.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Why does the Nile River NOT flood the cities of modern day Egypt?
a)
Because it stop flooding over 1,000 years ago.
b)
Because of the Aswan Dam
c)
Because the river dried up around 100 years ago.
d)
It still floods many cities every year.
10.
What did the Ancient Egyptians believe cause the Nile to flood each year?
a)
The tears of the goddess Isis
b)
melting snow from the south
c)
earthquakes in the Red Sea
d)
giant elephants in central Africa
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