Geography of Ancient Egypt

Discover Ancient Egypt's geography! Learn about the Nile River and label maps.

The Geography of Ancient Egypt Watch the video to help you fill in the blanks in the sentence and label the map that follows. Click on the blank and choose a word from the drop-down list to fill in the blanks in the sentence. The Nile River flows north due to the higher mountains in the south. Upper and Lower Egypt were based on the flow of the Nile meaning that Lower Egypt was the delta region in the north and Upper Egypt was near the mountainous region in the south. Label the Map of Ancient Egypt Click on the blue dots then use the words below to label the map of ancient Egypt. Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Sinai Peninsula Western Desert Eastern Desert Nile DeltaLower Egypt Upper Egypt Mediterranean Sea Nile Delta Sinai Peninsula Lower Egypt Western Desert Eastern Desert Red Sea Upper Egypt The Importance of the Nile Watch the video to help you choose the correct words fill in the blanks that follow. Use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks. When you click on the blank, a drop-down menu will appear for you to choose your word. The Nile River was life in ancient Egypt as is was a source of water and fertile silt (rich soil). The Nile is the world's longest river. The Nile splits into 3 main sections in the delta region of the north. The Nile was so important to the people of Egypt that they divided the year according to the cycles of the Nile. The people of Egypt began to irrigate the land along the Nile making it better for agricultural production or farming. To aid in the process of irrigation, the Egyptians developed shadoofs which were a system of ropes, beams, and buckets to transport water from one place to another.