Unit 3 Ancient Egypt - Geography, Vocabulary, and Content

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What is the longest river of the world that travels through NE Africa to the north where it empties into the Mediterranean Sea?

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Nile River

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The mouth of the Nile where its waters spread out, slow down, and empty into the Mediterranean Sea?

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Nile Delta

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Longer tributary of the main Nile River that begins in central Africa near Lake Victoria?

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White Nile River

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Smaller tributary of the Nile River which begins in the Ethiopian Highlands?

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Blue Nile River

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Body of water on the northeast side of Africa, between the Middle East and Africa?

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Red Sea

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Body of water that is the northern border of Africa, between Europe and Africa

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Mediterranean Sea

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deepwater gulf near Somalia and Djibouti, separates the Arabian peninsula with the Horn of Africa?

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Gulf of Aden

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the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa?

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Sahara Desert

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What modern countries does the Nile River flow through on its way to the Mediterranean Sea? Options: Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, and Eritrea; Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, and Eritrea; Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, & Ethiopia; Sudan, Uganda, Libya, Eritrea, & Ethiopia

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Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, & Ethiopia

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What is another word for the "flooding" of the Nile River?

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inundation