Ancient Egypt

Question 1

What two tributaries feed the Nile River?

Answer 1

White Nile and the Blue Nile Rivers

Question 2

What direction does the Nile River flow?

Answer 2

South to North

Question 3

What is a delta?

Answer 3

A place where the water meets a slow-moving body of water

Question 4

Which of the following is a way that the Nile River did NOT impact the people?

Answer 4

It caused a shortage of food to happen.

Question 5

How did Egypt’s geography along the Nile River help it become a center of trade?

Answer 5

The Nile River connected the region to other regions along the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Sinai Peninusula region.

Question 6

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

Answer 6

King Menes

Question 7

What is a dynasty?

Answer 7

A family of rulers in which the right to rule passes down to the sons within the family

Question 8

This kingdom built a canal that connected the Nile River to the Red Sea:

Answer 8

Middle Kingdom

Question 9

During what kingdom did the Egyptians begin calling their king “pharaoh”?

Answer 9

New Kingdom

Question 10

During what kingdom were the pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx built?

Answer 10

Old Kingdom