Ancient Egypt Geography

Which lake is larger in area, Lake Victoria or Lake Tana?

Over 95% of the population of Egypt lives in the _________________.

About how many months of the year did the Nile River flood the land?

The Egyptians depended on the flooding of the Nile River.

What Sea borders Egypt to the east?

Useful vegetation along the Nile River included

What sea borders Egypt to the north?

Where is Egypt located?

Which tributary is longer, the White or Blue Nile?

Which lake feeds the Blue Nile tributary?

The Sahara Desert is comparable in size with

Which of the following did the ancient Egyptians call the "giver of life"?

The place where a stream or river empties is the

Approximately how long is the Nile River?

Which describes the climate in Egypt?

How did the desert help the people of Egypt?

What large desert covers all of Northern Africa?

What were Egyptian houses made of?

The White Nile and Blue Nile tributaries unite in the location of what city?

To keep track of the yearly flooding of the Nile River, the Egyptians developed

What economic activities developed in ancient Egypt?

The Egyptians divided their year into the flooding, planting, and plowing seasons.

The Egyptians mined this mineral to make jewels and decorations.

Which of these words best describes the environment of the Nile delta?  

Which lake feeds the White Nile tributary?

Which of the following was a result of the annual flooding in the Nile Valley?

This tool was invented by the Egyptians to spread water onto their fields. What is it?

The Nile _________ provides two-thirds of the region's farmland.

Which direction does the Nile River flow?

The Egyptians were the first to mine this blue stone for jewelry. What is it?

Egyptians were the first to weave the fibers of the flax plant into this cloth.

Egyptians used __________ to make baskets, river rafts, and paper.

In what ways did the ancient Egyptians use the Nile River?

Which of the following is a physical feature of Egypt?

The Egyptians dug _____________ to get water to their fields.

Which of these was part of the topography of ancient Egypt?

What physical features protected Egypt from invasion?

The name for the place where a river or stream begins is a

This grows wild along the banks of the Nile River.

Egyptians exchanged goods that they grew or made. This method of trade is called

Egyptians grew _________ which they turned into bread.

A triangular-shaped region at the mouth of a river with rich soil is a