Chapter 25 - 1 - Geography

What percent of Egyptians are Muslim today?

90 %.

What is a reservoir?

A natural or artificial lake used to store water for human needs.

Define perennial system.

A system that provides water for agriculture all through the year.

What is this called?

Basin irrigation.

What would farmers do during a flood?

Build walls around their fields to trap the water and silt.

Define fellaheen.

Egyptian peasants.

What problems came from the dam.

Flood waters no longer carry silt to fertilize the land on the banks of the Nile, which forces farmers to now use fertilizers. Also, perennial irrigation makes salt build up in the soil, causing 35% of farmers to suffer from high salt content.

What are they able to do because of the river?

Grow impressive crops without the aid of machinery.

Define sandstorm.

Hot air, dust, and grit.

What made Egypt vulnerable to invaders?

Its location.

What is a delta?

Land formed by soil in the water that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea.

What system is based on Lake Nasser?

Perennial irrigation system.

What did the floods do to the land?

Refreshed the fields with water and silt that formed a rich, fertile soil.

What desert is on the east side of the Nile?

The Arabian Desert.

Who invaded Egypt in 642 AD?

The Arabs.

What is the name of the dam?

The Aswan High Dam.

What desert is on the west side of the Nile?

The Libyan Desert.

What is the area between the Nile's two branches known as?

The Nile Delta.

What is the world's longest river?

The Nile River.

What is Egypt's reservoir called?

The waters of Lake Nasser.

What creates sandstorms? Where do they come from?

1. A special wind known as Khamsin. 2. Across the Sahara.

Ancient Egyptians were among the first people to set up what two things? What did they invent?

1. An organized government and religion. 2. A written language.

What became the official language? The official religion?

1. Arabic. 2. Islam.

Where does the world's longest river begin? How far does it flow? Where does it empty?

1. It begins in Central Africa. 2. It flows northward for 4, 160 miles. 3. It empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

What is the only arable land in the desert? Why?

1. Oases. 2. Due to the presence of water.

What is Egypt a land of? What are they separated by?

1. Wide, forbidding deserts. 2. A single large river, the Nile.