Egypt Geography

Groups of rocky rapids

• delta

• river

• cataract

An area of sediment, soil or minerals carried by water, deposited at the mouth of a river.

• delta

• sea

• cataract

What is the worlds longest river?

• Amazon

• Nile

• Mississippi

This geographic feature made it difficult to travel upstream on the Nile

• cataracts

• delta

• deserts

What region of Egypt was located around the Nile River Delta?

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

What region of Egypt is furthest upstream from the Mediterranean Sea?

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

Which region of Egypt is located near the Nile River cataracts?

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

Each year the Egyptian people would pray for the annual ________ of the Nile River.

• harvest

• flood

• drought

Why was it difficult to traverse to and from ancient Egypt

• It was surrounded by desert

• The delta was difficult to pass by boat

• The cataracts were difficult to pass by boat

• There were mountains surrounding it

The Nile River delta flowed into what large body of water?

• Persian Gulf

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea