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