Lesson Y7-U05-L06

Y7-U05-L06 Region in Focus: The Nile in Egypt Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L06, Region in Focus: The Nile in Egypt: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 5: Year 7: Africa: A Continent of Diversity, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In which direction does the River Nile flow through Egypt?

    • From north to south, into the Sahara desert
    • From east to west, along the coast of the Red Sea
    • From west to east, into the Indian Ocean
    • From south to north, into the Mediterranean Sea

  2. Which sea does the River Nile flow into in the north of Egypt?

    • The Mediterranean Sea
    • The Red Sea, to the east of the Nile delta
    • The Caspian Sea, to the far north-east
    • The Dead Sea, inland from the Nile valley

  3. What is the capital city of Egypt?

    • Cairo
    • Luxor, a city on the upper Nile
    • Aswan, a city near the southern border
    • Alexandria, a port on the Mediterranean coast

  4. What is a tributary?

    • A channel dug by people to carry water to fields
    • A large lake fed by melting glaciers in the mountains
    • A smaller river that flows into a bigger river
    • A waterfall where a river drops steeply over a cliff edge

  5. What does the word fertile mean when we describe soil?

    • Soil made mostly of loose sand that holds no water
    • Soil that is rich in nutrients and good for growing crops
    • Soil covered by a thick layer of salt left by the sea
    • Soil that stays frozen for most of the year and holds almost no water

  6. What does distribution mean in geography?

    • The movement of goods from a factory to a shop
    • The height of a place above sea level, measured in metres on a map
    • The pattern of where things are spread out across an area
    • The number of people born in one country each year

  7. What is irrigation?

    • Bringing water to dry fields so that crops can grow
    • Measuring how much rain falls in a month with a gauge
    • Removing rainwater from roads and towns through drains
    • Using hot river water to turn turbines for electricity

  8. Name two things the Nile gives the people of Egypt.

    • Snow for skiing and coal for heating homes
    • Ice for cooling homes and gold for making jewellery and coins
    • Fresh water for drinking and fertile soil for farming
    • Oil for export and tall forests for timber

  9. A pupil says most people in Egypt live in the empty desert far from the Nile. Which statement is correct?

    • Most people live in a thin strip along the Nile, where there is water and fertile land
    • Most people live in the Sahara, where the land is flat and sandy
    • Most people are spread evenly across the whole desert, because the sand holds water evenly everywhere
    • Most people live on the Red Sea coast, far from the Nile

  10. A farmer in a desert country wants to grow wheat. Which action best uses the Nile?

    • Move the farm to the middle of the desert and wait for rain
    • Dig a deep well far from any river and farm the sand, which the river never reaches
    • Use river water through irrigation channels to water fields beside the river
    • Plant wheat on the snowy mountain tops above the valley

  11. A sentence reads: Most people live along the Nile because ___. Which ending is best?

    • the river freezes solid for most of the year
    • the river has no water and is only a dry channel
    • there is fresh water and fertile soil for farming
    • the land beside the river is covered in thick forest

  12. Which of these is a use of the Nile for transport?

    • Aeroplanes landing on sandbars in the middle of the river
    • Cars driving across the river on a frozen surface each winter
    • Large ocean liners sailing from the Atlantic up into the desert
    • Boats carrying goods and people along the river

  13. A river is 6,650 km long. What is this length rounded to the nearest thousand kilometres?

    • 6,000 km
    • 6,500 km
    • 8,000 km
    • 7,000 km

  14. A population map shows a thin band of dense dots along a river through a desert, with almost no dots beyond it. What does this pattern show?

    • People live mainly in the empty desert far from any water
    • People are spread evenly because the desert has plenty of rain
    • The river has no effect on where people choose to live, because the desert is equally good everywhere
    • People cluster near the river, where water and farmland are available

  15. Why did the yearly floods of the Nile help Egyptian farmers in the past?

    • The floods filled the fields with salt water from the sea
    • The floods washed away all the soil and left bare rock
    • The floods froze the fields solid and stopped all crops growing for many years
    • The floods left a layer of rich, fertile soil on the fields

  16. Which is an example of the Nile being used for tourism?

    • Cruise boats carry visitors past ancient temples in cities such as Luxor and Aswan
    • Fishing boats sell their catch at a busy market in the middle of the desert far from the river
    • Trains carry coal along the river bank to power local factories
    • Farmers fly over the river to spray their fields with water

  17. Which statement best explains why the Nile is described as Egypt's lifeline?

    • It supplies water, food and transport in a country where most of the land is desert
    • It is the deepest river on Earth, so ships can always sail on it
    • It is the fastest river in the world, so it powers all of Egypt's factories
    • It is the only river in Africa, so it is shared by every country and is never used for farming

  18. A town on the Nile wants to grow more food for its people. Which action most directly relies on the river's water?

    • Mining gold from the sand dunes far from any river, using a large network of desert roads
    • Building more motorways across the empty desert far away
    • Moving the town to the top of a high, dry mountain
    • Using irrigation to grow more crops on the land beside the river

  19. Why might a country and its neighbours argue over a river that flows through both of them?

    • Rivers only flow for one month a year, so nobody needs them
    • The river always flows in a loop and returns to the same country
    • Rivers belong to the sea, so no country can use them at all, and their water never flows across any national border on land
    • Each country wants water for its farms, cities and power, and using water upstream can reduce the flow downstream

  20. The Aswan Dam on the Nile was built to do which two things?

    • Control flooding and generate hydro-electric power
    • Create a new river through the Sahara desert
    • Turn the Nile into a salt lake for tourists to visit
    • Stop all water from reaching the Mediterranean Sea

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