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The civilization of ancient Egypt developed in the northeastern corner of	Africa
What Body of water that lies to the east of ancient Egypt	Red Sea
What body of water that lies to the north of ancient Egypt	Mediterranean Sea
What geographic features of ancient Egypt made agriculture possible	Nile River and Nile Delta
The largest desert in the world	Sarah Desert
Lower Egypt is located in the	North
Upper Egypt is located in the	South
_______ is at a higher elevation and is upstream of Lower Egypt	Upper Egypt
Which region of Egypt contains a delta?	Lower Egypt
The river that flows through the eastern Sarah Desert and creates a narrow strip to fertile soil for civilization	Nile River
Where the Nile feeds into the Mediterranean Sea it forms a wide river delta of	very fertile land
What caused the Nile River to flood yearly	spring rainfall and snowmelt
The floodwaters deposited______ across the river valley	fertile silt
Egypt is often known as the	Land of the Nile
Historians divide Egypt into 3 different _________	Kingdoms
Pharaohs had absolute power and were in the_________	Old Kingdom
Pharaohs that were powerful but less powerful than before were in the	Middle Kingdom
Pharaohs were all powerful leaders and used their military strength to gain new territory	New Kingdom