Ch. 2 Egypt's geography

Question 1

How wide was the Nile?

Answer 1

12 miles

Question 2

How does the Nile flow?

Answer 2

South to north into Mediterranean

Question 3

How many cataracts are on the Nile?

Answer 3

6

Question 4

Define cataracts

Answer 4

Rapids/ waterfalls

Question 5

Where was civilization built?

Answer 5

720 miles North of the first cataract

Question 6

How much of the Nile is dominated?

Answer 6

Over 5,000

Question 7

When does the Nile regularly flood?

Answer 7

June-October

Question 8

What did the Nile leave behind?

Answer 8

A layer of silt

Question 9

How did farmers adapt to floods?

Answer 9

They worked around them & harvested crops before floods

Question 10

Where did winds blow in the Nile?

Answer 10

North to south

Question 11

What is the Nile surrounded by?

Answer 11

Desert which acted as natural protection

Question 12

What was the climate? How did it affect crops?

Answer 12

Sunny, frost-free

Supported variety of crops

Question 13

What did farmers do to carry water to crops?

Answer 13

Dug short canals

Question 14

What was the moisture of floods useful for?

Answer 14

Planting

Question 15

Did rain fall directly on Egypt? How did this affect it?

Answer 15

Little to no rainfall directly in Egypt

Making irrigation even more important

Question 16

What did the Nile deposits?

Answer 16

Clay, limestone, granite

Question 17

How was the Mediterranean Sea useful?

Answer 17

Rich with fish

Provided a waterway to link Egypt civilizations

Question 18

Where is the delta?

Answer 18

North

Question 19

How does the Nile function?

Answer 19

Branches out, drops soil & becomes marshy

Question 20

Why is it called delta?

Answer 20

Shaped like the Greek letter (triangle)

Question 21

How much of Ancient Egypt was desert?

Answer 21

96%

Question 22

How much it Egypt was swampland?

Answer 22

4%