Nile River Activity DIRECTIONS: You may create your sand model in groups at your table, but this assignment should be submitted on your own. 1) Using a map found on google, and your sand models, create a model of the Nile River. Take a picture of your model, and with that picture label: - - - The Nile River - - The Nile Delta - - Cities: Cairo, Memphis, Thebes - Where the floodplain of the Nile River would be - - Where the surrounding deserts are (Sahara) TO SKETCH ON TOP OF YOUR PICTURE: 2) Watch this video then answer the following questions: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/anatomy-nile/ 3) What are some ways the Nile River could have influenced early settlement around the river? Because of fertile soil 4) What are some possible uses of the land directly next to the river? They used it for farming 5) Does the Nile River still impact the community around it today? Yes it does because it provides them with farmland 6) Create three other geographic features (one mountain, one river, and one volcano) using your sand models. You can choose your own geographic feature to create, but you must show me what it is a model of in the picture. a) Take a picture to edit in sketchpad.pro. b) Include labels. c) Upload these three separate pictures below: 7) Think of three other ways geography can impact the community around it, with one for each of your geographic features shown above. For example, if you lived near a large river, next to a large mountain range, or near a volcano, how might this affect your livelihood?
