Ch 5 L3 Flood Prevention

Question 1

Define: Prevent

Answer 1

stop from happening

Question 2

Define: Innovation

Answer 2

Creative Idea

Question 3

Name a Historical Flood Prevention Innovation

Answer 3

Nilometer

Question 4

When was the Nilometer invented were and why?

Answer 4

-Invented in 715 A.D
-Ancient Egypt
- to measure the Nile River’s water in flood season

Question 5

Most notable Nilometer can be found

Answer 5

Elephantine Island in Aswan

Question 6

Where, when, and why was the Thames Flood Barrier Built?

Answer 6

-London, England
-because the rise in the Thames water level causes lots of flooding

Question 7

How does the Thames Flood Barrier

Answer 7

barrier closes off part of the river from the sea, but can open for ships

Question 8

Where, when and why was the delta works built?

Answer 8

• Built in Netherlands
• more than half Netherlands is below sea level (low elevation
  -built in 1953

Question 9

What are the Levees on the Mississippi River

Answer 9

an earthly wall (natural or man-made)

Question 10

What and Where is the largest flood barrier

Answer 10

Thames Flood Barrier in London England

Question 11

Where is the largest levee system in the world

Answer 11

Mississippi

Question 12

Which country has such a low elevation that most of the country is below sea level?
a) England
b) Belgium
c) USA
d) Netherlands

Answer 12

D) Netherlands