The River Nile | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which of these is a river?
True or false? Rivers always start and end in the same country.
- True
- False ✓
Where is Egypt?
- Asia
- Europe
- Africa ✓
- South America
Choose the sentences that most accurately describe bronze.
- Bronze is a man-made substance. ✓
- Bronze is a metal. ✓
- Bronze is a natural substance.
- Bronze is expensive.
The Bronze Age started around 2,700 BCE in Britain. What was the time before the Bronze Age called?
- The Iron Age
- The Stone Age ✓
- The Modern Age
- The Old Age
Which of these is an agricultural activity?
- keeping animals as pets
- baking bread, cakes and biscuits
- growing crops that can be used for food ✓
- trading goods with other people

Which river flows through Egypt?
- River Thames
- River Nile ✓
- Amazon River
- Yellow River
Approximately when did the Ancient Egyptian civilisation begin?
- 1300
- 300 BC
- 3000 BCE ✓
- 1930
How do we describe soil or land that can produce farm crops or other plants?
- 'fertile' ✓
What happened when the land around the River Nile flooded?
- it turned black and fertile ✓
- it could not be used for farming
- it destroyed the plants
- it turned white and fertile
Match the words to the definitions.
- Sahara
  
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  a desert surrounding the River Nile ✓
- Lake Victoria
  
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  where the River Nile starts ✓
- Mediterranean Sea
  
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  where the River Nile ends ✓
Put the sentences in order to describe how the River Nile was useful for farming in Ancient Egypt.
- 1
  
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  The River Nile floods once a year.
- 2
  
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  Water and mud wash over the land.
- 3
  
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  The land turns black.
- 4
  
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  The mud soaks into the soil.
- 5
  
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  The soil becomes very fertile.
- 6
  
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  Many crops grow in the fertile soil.

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At one time there were two Egyptian kingdoms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, but around 3,000 BCE they were united.
The civilisation known as the Ancient Egyptians began over 3,000 years before the birth of Christ, 3,000 BC or BCE.
They lived near a large river they called the Nile, in North Africa, protected from enemies by dry land to their sides.
The River Nile was long, deep and filled with a dark black mud.
When the Nile flooded, this mud made the land the Egyptians live on turn black, and become very fertile.

Pupils may think that the River Nile is a river found only in Egypt.

The River Nile does flow through Egypt, but it also flows through 10 other countries in east Africa. It is Africa's longest river.

Civilisation - a civilisation is a well organised group of people that has their own language and way of life
Bc - BC is short for 'Before Christ' and refers to the time before the year 1, in which people believe Jesus was born
Bce - BCE is short for 'Before Common Era' and refers to the time before the year 1
Fertile - soil or land that can produce farm crops or other plants is fertile