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1
What is the name of the god of the Nile?
Hapi
Horus
Isis
Osiris
2
Why did Herodotus call Egypt “the gift of the Nile”?
In the middle of a desert, the Nile provides abundance.
The Nile was always overflowing its banks
The Nile was always filled with water from abundant rain
Egyptians could swim in it
3
What are the names of the three seasons in ancient Egypt?
Daunting, overflowing, emergence
Inundation, emergence, drought
Drought, flood, emergence
Emergency, flood, daunting
4
What is the meaning of thresh?
Something that's found on a stalk of grain
To separate grain from a plant
To clean
To be full
5
What is the purpose of a shaduf?
To store water
Fill irrigation ditches
To trap alligator
To plant seeds
6
What is the name of the god of agriculture?
Osiris
Anubis
Horus
Ra
7
What enabled Egypt to flourish for a time without invasions?
It was filled with crocodile & hippopotamus
Western deserts & eastern cataracts formed barriers
It was very windy on the Nile
The Nile was very winding & ships would topple over