Geography of Egypt

1. What is today the capital of Egypt? _______________________

2. What sea borders Egypt to the north? _______________________
3. What is the name of the canal that divides mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula? _______________________
4. What is the name of the major river that flows through Egypt? _______________________
5. What is the name of the desert that borders Egypt to the west? _______________________
6. What is the name of the country that borders Egypt to the south? _______________________
7. The Aswan Dam is at one end of which lake? _______________________
8. If you wanted to travel from Cairo to Alexandria, in which direction would you head?

9. What were the "red" and "black" lands.  How were they so different?

10. Explain the different moment in the Egyptian History.

11. Explin the phase: "Egypt is a gift  of the Nile".