Name: ______________________

Social Studies 7
Ms. Buckley

Ancient Egypt Geography

Fill in the following places on the map below:
Nile River Upper Egypt Lower Egypt Cairo

Giza Alexandria Thebes Sinai Peninsula

Red Sea Mediterranean Western Desert Eastern Desert

Sea

Heliopolis Mount Sinai Memphis Hermopolis

Nubia Luxor Nile Delta Suez

Colour all water ​blue​ (rivers and Colour the location of the Valley of the
oceans) Kings ​orange
 Name: ______________________
Social Studies 7
Ms. Buckley

Ancient Egypt Geography Information Search

1. What continent is Egypt located on? _________________________________

2. Where are the Pyramids located? ___________________________________

3. Where is the Great Sphinx located? _________________________________

4. What differences do Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt have geographically?

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5. What colours were the Pharaoh’s crowns for:

a. Upper Egypt ____________________________

b. Lower Egypt ____________________________

c. United Egypt ____________________________

6. Why was the flooding of the Nile useful for farmers?

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7. What climate does Egypt have? ____________________________________

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8. What is the “Valley of the Kings”? ___________________________________

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9. What period of time did ancient Egyptian civilization exist?

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