Nile River Study Guide
How long is the Nile River?
4, 187 miles
What continent is the Nile River on?
Africa
Most of Egypt is a
Desert
Which way does the Nile River flow?
From South to North
The Egyptians call the nutrient rich silt that wash from the river during the 4-month flooding season. They also praised the Nile god of the same name
Hapi
How is the Nile River useful?
It provides fertile land, fish, and transportation
Which of the following is the farthest north?
Lower Egypt
What sea does the Nile River flow into?
Mediterranean Sea
A measuring device used to help predict the height of the coming flood waters is called a
Nilometer
Which of the following was almost flooded by the lake created by the Aswan Dam?
Ramses II's Temple, Abu Simbel.
What is the Nile?
River
What desert does the Nile runs through, which was difficult to cross, but protected the Egyptians from foreign invaders?
Sahara
The Egyptians invented simple machine with a long pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other to carry water from man-made canals to higher land, called a
Shaduf
Why did the ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet"?
The land was rich with black soil.
The Nile is . . .
The longest river.
What did the ancient Egyptians call the Sahara?
The red land.
What caused the annual flooding in Egypt?
Tropical rains and melting snow in the South
A waterfall or area of steep rapids on a river.
cataract
The Nile splits into many channels in the northern part of the country called a
delta
a paper-like writing material made from reeds along the Nile River.
papyrus
A symbol of Egypt was a lotus or
water lily