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Geography of the Nile AW Ch.3 Section 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The area between the first and second cataracts of the Nile is called...

a)

Lower Nubia

b)

Upper Nubia

c)

The Fertile Crescent

d)

Egypt

2.

A rock-filled rapid of the Nile river is called....

a)

A Delta

b)

Silt

c)

A Cataract

d)

Sink hole

3.

A triangle-shaped area at the river's end is called...

a)

A delta

b)

silt

c)

A cataract

d)

a fan

4.

The area north of the first cataract is called....

a)

Lower Egypt

b)

Upper Egypt

c)

Lower Nubia

d)

Upper Nubia

5.

What are the 2 main sources of the Nile river?

a)

The Upper and Lower Nile

b)

The Blue and The White Nile

c)

The First and The Second Nile

d)

The Egyptian and The Nubian Nile

6.

What feature of the Nubian section of the Nile is NOT found in the Egyptian section of the Nile?

a)

Fertile soil on riverbanks

b)

yearly flooding

c)

rock-filled rapids

d)

a delta

7.

Why did the ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?

a)

The area experienced several solar eclipses per year

b)

A dark plant that grew well in the desert covered the ground

c)

The sky was often darkened by large flying insects

d)

The soil left by the Nile's floods was dark.

8.

Which reason most likely explains why Egyptians in the Nile river valley often had a lot of crops?

a)

The land there was very fertile

b)

The people needed crop surpluses so they could make crafts

c)

The people were hardworking

d)

The Nile river allowed people to fish instead of farm.

9.

Which statement best describes how the people of Egypt traveled the Nile river?

a)

They could travel down stream but not up stream

b)

They could travel up stream but not down stream

c)

They could travel both down and up stream

d)

They could not travel on the Nile because of Cataracts

10.

Rich fertile soil was called....

a)

Silt

b)

Cataract

c)

Delta

d)

Farm land

11.

A throw stick was the African version of what?

a)

A dog toy

b)

A boomerang

c)

A weapon

d)

A punishment stick

12.

What did the people in the delta make their homes out of?

a)

straw

b)

bricks

c)

leaves

d)

cement

13.

Trading Caravans were loaded with what?

a)

gold

b)

silver

c)

copper

d)

fine pottery

e)

oils