Rough water caused by cliffs and/or boulders.

Why was Lower Egypt considered to be "lower"?

It is down stream of the Nile and at the end of the river.

What is something that was different about Egypt when compared to Mesopotamia?

Floods happen at the same time each year, no surprises.

Series of rulers from the same family.

Which two seas are near Egypt?

Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

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Geography and Early Egypt

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1
Ancient Egypt included two regions, they were called...
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
Black Land and Red Land
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Old Egypt and New Egypt
2
What is the name of the large river that runs through Northeastern Africa?
Euphrates River
Amazon River
Tigris River
Nile River
3
What is the title used by rulers in Egypt?
Pharaoh
Majesty
King
Czar
4
What is the name of the pharaoh who joined Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt to form one kingdom?
Khufu
Tut
Ramses
Menes
5
What are cataracts?
Rocks that can be used as stepping stones to cross a river.
Rough water caused by cliffs and/or boulders.
A type of tree that grows near rivers.
A delicious fish found only in the Nile River.
6
Why was Lower Egypt considered to be "lower"?
It is down stream of the Nile and at the end of the river.
It is at the bottom of a mountain.
The people there are lower on the social hierarchy.
It is located down south and low on a map.
7
What is something that was different about Egypt when compared to Mesopotamia?
They learned how to grow crops and domesticate animals.
They started off as hunter-gatherers then learned to farm.
Floods happen at the same time each year, no surprises.
They developed irrigation systems to redirect water.
8
What is a dynasty.
The name of a rapper.
The name of an entire kingdom and its citizens.
A Chinese restaurant.
Series of rulers from the same family.
9
True or false: It was always a bad thing that the Nile River flooded.
True
False
10
Which two seas are near Egypt?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Bearing Sea
Caribbean Sea and the Red Sea
Adriatic Sea and the Baltic Sea
Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
11
Egypt is located on what continent?
Europe
South America
Africa
Asia
12
Why was the Nile Delta a good place to live?
Egyptians had access to a water supply for drinking water.
The river was home to wildlife that could be caught for food
Floods would deposit silt on the land, making it fertile.
All of the above.
13
How did Egypt's geography protect the civilizations from attack?
The Mediterranean Sea kept many enemies away.
It is surrounded by deserts too large for an army to cross.
The many cataracts made it hard to sail in from the south.
All of the above.

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