Egypt Geography and Religion

What is a cataract?

• fan shaped area of fertile land

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• a desert

• a waterfall

The Egyptian writing system

• cuneiform

• irrigation

• Latin

• hieroglyphics

What did the Egyptians study to get into the afterlife?

• book of the dead

• book of spells

• book of magic

• encyclopedia

The flooding in Egypt was ___________.

• dangerous

• unpredictable

• predictable

• long

The Egyptians were the first civilization the publish books about __________.

• Geometry

• Latin

• astronomy

• medicine

What 3 geographic features provided natural protection for Egypt?

• cataracts

• ocean

• Delta

• deserts

• valley

What did the Egyptians develop while building the pyramids?

• math skills and astronomy

• irrigation and flooding

• hieroglyphics and writing

• making cloth and weaving

What location is colored yellow on the map?

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

• Persian Gulf

What location is colored red on the map?

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

• Persian Gulf

What location is colored green on the map?

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

• Persian Gulf