The Nile River Valley

Annual flooding of the Nile create ___________ which provided richer soil.

• Silt

• Sand

• red dirt

The Lower Egypt included the ____________.

• Nile delta

• city of Cairo

• Lake of the Nile

Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were considered as ___________.

• gods

• chiefs

• dictators

Pyramids of Egypt were used for ________________.

• worship

• burying the after-life

• residency

Ancient Egyptian society of social structure had the

• King and Queen at the top

• had no slaves

• women were not equal

The Nile, the world's longest river, flows ____ from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.

• north

• south

• east

• west

____ was a reed plant that grew along the shores of the Nile.

• mahogany

• papyrus

• water primrose

• mangrove

Scribes carved hieroglyphics onto stone walls and monuments as well as papyrus. They also kept records and worked for the rulers, priests and traders.

• true

• false

The major river, the longest in the world, that was the center of ancient Egypt, was called the ________________.

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Amazon River

Ancient Egyptians also used a form of irrigation. Their system of irrigation involved basins, canals, earthen banks, and a form of technology called a _______________, a bucket attached to a long pole to lift water from the Nile into the basins.

• shadoof

• kemet

• papyrus

• hieroglyphics