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WorksheetsGeography of the Nile AW Ch.3 Section 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The area between the first and second cataracts of the Nile is called...
Lower Nubia
Upper Nubia
The Fertile Crescent
Egypt
A rock-filled rapid of the Nile river is called....
A Delta
Silt
A Cataract
Sink hole
A triangle-shaped area at the river's end is called...
A delta
silt
A cataract
a fan
The area north of the first cataract is called....
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Lower Nubia
Upper Nubia
What are the 2 main sources of the Nile river?
The Upper and Lower Nile
The Blue and The White Nile
The First and The Second Nile
The Egyptian and The Nubian Nile
What feature of the Nubian section of the Nile is NOT found in the Egyptian section of the Nile?
Fertile soil on riverbanks
yearly flooding
rock-filled rapids
a delta
Why did the ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?
The area experienced several solar eclipses per year
A dark plant that grew well in the desert covered the ground
The sky was often darkened by large flying insects
The soil left by the Nile's floods was dark.
Which reason most likely explains why Egyptians in the Nile river valley often had a lot of crops?
The land there was very fertile
The people needed crop surpluses so they could make crafts
The people were hardworking
The Nile river allowed people to fish instead of farm.
Which statement best describes how the people of Egypt traveled the Nile river?
They could travel down stream but not up stream
They could travel up stream but not down stream
They could travel both down and up stream
They could not travel on the Nile because of Cataracts
Rich fertile soil was called....
Silt
Cataract
Delta
Farm land
A throw stick was the African version of what?
A dog toy
A boomerang
A weapon
A punishment stick
What did the people in the delta make their homes out of?
straw
bricks
leaves
cement
Trading Caravans were loaded with what?
gold
silver
copper
fine pottery
oils
