The Geography of The Nile, Worksheet (Modified)

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‫مدرسة مدينة العلوم العالمية‬ Academic Year 2023/2024

Title : The Geography of the Nile

Question: 1- Define :
A- Nubia : an ancient region in the Nile River Valley on the site of present-day
southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

B- A delta : a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited


by flowing water.

C- Silt : fine soil found on river bottoms.

Question : 2- Answer the following questions:

A- Which cataracts did Lower Nubia lie between?


Between first and second cataracts

B- Where was Upper Nubia located ?


Between Second and Sixth Cataracts.

C- What needs did the Nile fulfill for ancient Egyptians?


1. The Nile provided a constant source of water for drinking and for farming the

land.

2. It provided a route of access to other places where they could trade their

crops for resources they needed.

Question: 3: Fill the blanks with the correct words:

1- The Nile River is the world’s longest river.


2- It flows north from its sources in East Africa to the Mediterranean sea
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3- The Nile River has two main resources blueNile and White Nile river.
4- The Two rives meet in the present-day country of Sudan.
5- The Nubian section of the Nile contained six cataracts or rock-filled
rapids.
6- The Nubians carried goods from central Africa and Nubia into Egypt and
southwestern Asia and brought other goods back.
7- The ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet , the black land
8- Egypt’s early farming communities settled in the delta and valley regions of
the Nile.
9- Valuable goods such as cedar from eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
and gold from Nubia were sold in the Bazars of Egypt's towns.
10- The Nile begins Its journey through desert /Sudan lands to the
Mediterranean sea.
11- Delta is a plain at the mouth of a river.
The Nile River provided a great transportation route for trade. Ships could
float downriver because the river flowed North.

12- The Nile provided drinking water and allowed them to trade.

Question 4 : Put √ on the correct sentences and X on the wrong ones:


Note: Please don’t forget to correct.

1. The desert kept the ancient Egyptians isolated from civil war (
F )_Invaders___
2. Nubians became famous traders of the ancient world. ( T)
____________________
3. Silt is dry soil . ( F )________rich or fine soil_____________

Question 5: Choose the correct answer:

1. Between the first and second cataracts was ( Lower Nubia – Upper Nubia ).
2. Kemet means ( the black land – the red land ).
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3. The red land is ( the desert – the plain – the hill ).

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