Nile River Intro QUIZ: Ancient Egypt I

What did the Egyptians use the Nile for?

• Drinking, bathing, farming, cooking, cleaning, and travelling

• Bathing, studying, racing, baking, and sleeping

• Cooking, programming, coding, and chilling … out

The Nile is the world's _______ river. It flows from Uganda, Tanzania, & Kenya to the Mediterranean Sea.

• shortest

• coldest

• longest

The Nile begins as how many rivers?

• one

• two

• three

What the two different Nile rivers called?

• The Blue Nile and the White Nile

• The Blue File and the American Nile

• The Rocky Mile and the Green Mile

In the Nile, there are narrow cliffs and boulders that form waterfalls. Those waterfalls make it virtually impossible for boats to travel across the entire length of the Nile River. What are those waterfalls called?

• hat racks

• water blocks

• cataracts

Into which sea does the Nile River flow?

• The Caspian Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Arabian Sea

What is the area where a river empties into a sea, gulf, or ocean where the land is very fertile called?

• delta

• zeta

• kappa

What is the name of the desert that lays to the west of the Nile River?

• Sahara

• Salinas

• Gobi

What is the largest desert in the world?

• The Mojave

• The Sahara

• The Salinas Valley

What did ancient Egyptians call the desert?

• Hot, Hot Sands

• The Red Land

• Water World, Land of the Drip