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A. Talk in pairs. Discuss the following.
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• What do you know about the Nile?

• What sort of things do you associate it with?

B. Answer the questions below. Then watch the video and check your answers.
1. How many countries does the Nile flow through?.
a. 1 b. 5 c. 11
2. Where does the Nile empty?.
a. The Atlantic Ocean b. The Mediterranean Sea c. The Indian Ocean
3. Which ancient site is near the Nile?.
a. The Great Pyramids b. The Colosseum c. The Acropolis
4. What was John Hanning Speke the first European to see?.
a. The Nile Delta b. Lake Victoria c. The flooding of the Nile
5. In which country is the Nile Delta?.
a. Sudan b. Eritrea c. Egypt

C. Watch again and write T for True or F for False.

1. Khartoum is the place where the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet.
2. The Nile was essential to the ancient Egyptians for food and
transportation.
3. Papyrus was essential when building the Great Pyramids.
4. The Great Pyramids were made from stones brought from Aswan.
5. Lake Victoria is one of the largest lakes in the world.
6. John Hanning Speke found the source of the Nile in 1856.
7. About 70% of the population of Egypt lives in the Nile Delta.

D. Talk in pairs. Discuss the following.

• Do you know of any other major rivers in the world?
• How do major rivers affect the countries they flow
through?
• Do you think major rivers are as important to people
now as they were in the past?
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