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The Geography of Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is located in the circled area of the map?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Upper Egypt

c)

Thebes

d)

Nile Delta

2.

Name the body of water circled in the picture.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Red Sea

d)

Nile River

3.

Which region of Egypt is circled on the map?

a)

Upper Egypt

b)

Lower Egypt

4.

Which region of Egypt is circle on the map?

a)

Upper Egypt

b)

Lower Egypt

5.

Why is Lower Egypt above Upper Egypt on a map?

a)

It isn't. Upper Egypt is above Lower Egypt

b)

Because the Egyptians hadn't invented direction yet

c)

Because the Nile flows north and the river ends in Lower Egypt

d)

Because the Nile flows south

6.

What is the name of the desert that Egypt is located in?

a)

the Arabian Desert

b)

the Sahara Desert

c)

the Syrian Desert

d)

Death Valley

7.

How was the desert beneficial (helpful) to the ancient Egyptian people?

a)

It acted as a natural barrier and kept invaders away.

b)

It was not beneficial.

c)

Egyptians could grow many crops there.

d)

It made the climate easy to live in.

8.

What sea is this?

a)

the Mediterranean

b)

the Black Sea

c)

the Dead Sea

d)

the Red Sea

9.

What body of water does the Nile River empty into?

a)

the Mediterranean Sea

b)

The Red Sea

c)

the Black Sea

d)

the Persian Gulf

10.

What type of useful plant grew naturally along the banks of the Nile River?

a)

the lotus flower

b)

papyrus

c)

bamboo

d)

barley

11.

What is the tool that Egyptians used to water their fields?

a)

buckets

b)

dams

c)

shaduf

d)

sprinklers

12.

The Blue Nile and White Nile are examples of what type of geographic feature?

a)

tributaries

b)

rivers

c)

lakes

d)

cataracts

13.

What is a cataract?

a)

an eye disease

b)

a waterfall with rock filled rapids

c)

a cliff

d)

a river

14.

What on Earth is this?

a)

the Nile Delta

b)

an abstract piece of art

c)

an oasis

d)

a tributary

15.

In ancient Egypt, what was considered a kingdom?

a)

an area of land ruled by a king or queen

b)

a castle or palace where a monarch lives

c)

a long period of time

16.

The soil along the banks of the Nile was good for growing crops because it had plenty of

a)

nutrients

b)

silt

c)

seeds

d)

quarry

17.

Having a great deal of wealth and success is to be

a)

lucky

b)

prosperous

c)

rich

d)

greedy

18.

A time when crops fail and many people starve is called

a)

shaduf

b)

starvation

c)

silt

d)

famine

19.

The part of a river where it breaks into smaller streams and empties into a larger body of water is a.....

a)

a tributary

b)

a delta

c)

a sea

d)

a cataract

20.

What is silt?

a)

a spice

b)

dirt

c)

a fine nutrient rich soil

d)

fertilizer

21.

What is a quarry?

a)

an underground mine

b)

an open pit where rock is mined

c)

a question

22.

This is an example of a

a)

cataract

b)

a tributary

c)

a delta

23.

Define "natural resource".

a)

a geographic feature that is part of the Earth and not man made

b)

a naturally formed material that is useful to humans

24.

Define "geographic feature".

a)

A feature of the Earth that is made by nature, not people

b)

a material or substance found naturally that is useful to people

25.

Fresh water and fertile soil are examples of (a)  

26.

Mountains and lakes are examples of ...

(a)  

27.

Fish, wild animals, and birds were all types of.....

a)

geographic features

b)

natural resources

28.

True or False: Sheep, cows, wheat, and cucumbers are all examples of natural resources.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Where does the Nile River begin?

a)

In Khartoum

b)

In the mountains of Central Africa

c)

In Egypt

d)

At the Mediterranean Sea

30.

The cataracts were beneficial to the Egyptians because.....

a)

They could white water raft along them

b)

they created hydro-electric power

c)

they kept out invaders

d)

they were beautiful to look at