Map of Ancient Egypt with questions

Ancient Egypt use p. 115

1. Which direction is up?2. What symbol marks fertile

land?3. Capital cities?4. Pyramids?5. Temples?6. Mining area?7. Which body of water does

the Nile flow into?8. Upper Egypt is in what

direction from Lower Egypt?

9. What two deserts protected Egypt from invaders?

10. What are the names of the three Egyptian capitals

11. What is the distance from Thebes to Memphis

12. What sea lies to the north of Lower Egypt

Directions: highlight the correct term to answer each question.

1) Like other early civilizations, where did the Egyptian civilization begin?a delta a river valley the mountains a forest a seashore2) What does the Nile River go through for most of its 4,000 miles?an ocean a forest the Fertile Crescent a desert a field3) When does the Nile flood?when snow falls every summer before rain falls during a drought every spring4) Where does the Nile begin?India Africa Asia Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean5) Floods can cause harm, so some people think of them as what?destroyers deltas disasters ditches dikes6) What does the Nile form just before it reaches the Mediterranean Sea?a delta a flood a valley a plain a ditch7) What did the Ancient Egyptians use floods for?to bathe in to make canals to irrigate their fields to get drinking water to sail their boats8) How did Egyptians travel south on the Nile?with the flow of the river along the banks in canoes I n boats with large sails on rafts9) Who was the Egyptian sun-god?Hapi Moses Ra Delta Solar10) For Egyptians, the east was a symbol of what?harvest a flood death birth morning

Directions: highlight in a different color the most important question.