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Quiz Yourself Geography of Ancient Egypt
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• Read each question
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1. A interesting characteristic about the Nile
River is that it
It stopped flowing 1,000 years ago
A.
B.
It flows from south to north
C.
It floods causing awful agricultural conditions
for farmers in the Nile Delta
Nile
It is about 2,000 miles long
D.
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2. What is the name of the device Egyptians used
to help scoop water from the canals into the
fields?
a bucket
A.
B.
a spicket
a shadouf
C.
a foudahs
D.
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3. The watering of land by means of canals or
pipes is called
Irrigation
A.
B.
Canalization
Agriculture
C.
Shadoufing
D.
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4. Silt deposits were important to the Ancient
Egyptians because
They provided an extra layer of mud to protect
the seeds after planting.
A.
B.
They caused big mud piles for children to play in.
It was filled with minerals needed by plants.
C.
It dried up quickly allowing for good foundations
to build houses on
D.
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5. People also used the Nile to
Cast off their toy boats made by children.
A.
B.
Travel from place to place by boat.
Practice for the swimming portion of the yearly
triathlon.
C.
Fill swimming pools.
D.
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6. The Nile Delta is also known as
Upper Egypt
A.
B.
Skinniest part of the Nile
Southern Egypt
C.
Lower Egypt
D.
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7. Egyptians couldnt have survived without the
Nile because it
Provided a means of transportation to get goods
since they couldnt grow anything where they
lived.
A.
B.
Provided fertile soil, water for irrigation and a
means of transportation.
It provided a surplus of water to keep all their
animals from dying and the pharaoh happy.
C.
All of the above
D.
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8. A surplus is
Enough of something.
A.
B.
Too much of something.
Not enough of something.
C.
An extra supply of something.
D.
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9. Why were the Egyptians able to build a rich
community life?
They learned how to use the flooding of the Nile
to develop agriculture and to produce surpluses.
A.
B.
They learned how train the Niles crocodiles to
kill food for them.
They were friendly and made friends with each
other.
C.
They were so smart it came naturally.
D.
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10. How did the Egyptians turn the Nile into a
highway?
They laid rocks together to make a road next to
it.
A.
B.
They wore orange jackets and directed traffic.
They used it to dream about cars.
C.
They developed boats.
D.
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