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The Nile River is located on which continent?

Africa

100

a buildup of sand formed by the movement of flowing water

sandbar

100

Samuel Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about these people. 

A) the merchants in riverside markets along the Niger River

B) river pilots along the Mississippi River

C) the workers who built castles along the Rhine and Danube Rivers

D) the workers who built pyramids along the Nile River

 river pilots along the Mississippi River

100

a channel dug by people, used by boats or for irrigation

Canal

100
  1. Special dangers in navigating the Ob River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean, are

    1. powerful rapids

    2. shifting sandbars

    3. freezing temperatures and ice

    4. the waterfalls

freezing temperatures and ice

200

A key feature that the Nile River and the Yellow River share is that they?

A) provide transportation to Europe 

B) provide irrigation to surrounding fields

C) are famous for having large waterfalls

D) are located in the same country

provide irrigation to surrounding fields

200

a place on a river where the water moves swiftly and violently

rapids

200

The Yukon River played a big part in this era of history.

A) the age of castles in Europe

B) the search for gold in the Klondike

C) the building of the Great Pyramids in Egypt

D) the growth of ancient Asia civilization

 the search for gold in the Klondike

200

having a lot of moisture in the air

humid

200

The Yellow River takes its name from the

A) silt that flows in the river

B) deserts that surround the river

C) brightly colored fish in the river

D) pollution in the river

silt that flows in the river

300

The Amazon River flows through this type of surrounding environment....

A) a frozen wasteland

B) a harsh desert

C) a lush rainforest

D) high mountains and deep gorges

A lush rainforest

300

the place where a river empties into a sea or other large body of water

mouth

300
  1. A visitor to the Mackenzie River in the Northern Hemisphere might see this wildlife.

    1. piranhas

    2. a hippopotamus

    3. migrating birds

    4. camels

Migrating Birds

300

tiny pieces of soil or earth carried by the water in a river

silt

300

On this river, people have built a great dam, in part because of the river's long history of flooding.

A) The Amazon River

B) the OB River

C) the Yangtze River

D) the Mackenzie River

The Yangtze River

400

Boats traveling on the Congo River switch their cargo to railroad cars to help avoid this type of danger on the river.....

Rapids

400

a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river

tributary

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  1. Being a river pilot on the Mississippi River is especially difficult because

    1. there are many rapids in the river

    2. the river changes all the time

    3. the river is often frozen solid

    4. the river has very few tributaries

the river changes all the time

400

money charged for use of a road or waterway

toll

400

You might hear a warning about piranhas if you were taking a boat tour of this river in South America.

The Amazon River

500

Which of the following could you see from a boat on the Nile River?

Ancient Pyramids

500

watering of crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops

irrigation

500

 Which statement about the Amazon River is correct?
A. It is the longest river in North America
B. It carries the most water of any river in the world.
C. It has the largest dam in Asia
D. It has the largest waterfall of any river in the world.







It carries the most water of any river in the world.

500

type of flesh-eating fish of South America that lives in fresh water

piranha

500

When a dam is built, which of the following things results?

A) waterfall

B) a gorge

C) a resevoir

D) a canal

a resevoir

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