Chapter 4, Section 1 Question Preview (ID: 27704)


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Herodotus called Egypt the ______________.
a) desert
b) Gift of the Nile
c) Delta
d)

The Nile is the ________________ river in the world.
a) shortest
b) wildest
c) longest
d)

The Nile River is _______ miles long.
a) 4,000
b) 100
c) 3,000
d)

Ancient Egypt was divided into two regions known as lower Egypt and ____ Egypt.
a) bigger
b) southern
c) upper
d)

Lower Egypt lied in the _____________ portion of Egypt.
a) southern
b) northern
c) western
d)

The Nile formed a _________ as it flowed into the Mediterranean Sea.
a) delta
b) mountain
c) river
d)

Most of Egypt is made up of ________________.
a) mountains
b) rain forests
c) deserts
d)

The ____________ from the Nile made the soil ideal for farming.
a) fish
b) silt
c) salt
d)

The Egyptians called their country the ___________ because of the color of the silt.
a) Red Land
b) Dark Land
c) Water Land
d)

The bodies of water that surround Egypt are the Red Sea and the __________.
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Baltic Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea
d)

Farmers raised cattle and ____________.
a) sheep
b) horeses
c) camels
d)

Around 3100BC a leader named ____________ rose to power in Upper Egypt.
a) Pe
b) Menes
c) Nekhen
d)

Menes wanted to __________ Upper and Lower Egypt.
a) seperate
b) divide
c) unify
d)

Historians consider Menes to be Egypt's first ____________.
a) pharaoh
b) president
c) king
d)

______________ became the new capital city of Egypt.
a) Cairo
b) Nekhen
c) Memphis
d)

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