1) The Nile River is located on which continent? a) a) Europe b) b) Africa c) c) North America d) d) Australia 2) Which of the following could you see from a boat on the Nile River? a) a) Angel Falls b) b) many castles c) c) a vast rainforest d) d) ancient pyramids 3) The Yellow River takes its name from the a) a) silt that flows in the river. b) b) deserts that surround the river. c) c) brightly colored fish in the river. d) d) pollution in the river. 4) A key feature that the Nile River and the Yellow River share is that they a) a) provide transportation to Europe. b) b) provide irrigation to surrounding fields. c) c) are famous for having large waterfalls. d) d) are located in the same country. 5) On this river, people have built a great dam, in part because of the river’s long history of flooding. a) a) the Amazon River b) b) the Ob River c) c) the Yangtze River d) d) the Mackenzie River 6) When a dam is built, which of the following things results? a) a) a waterfall b) b) a gorge c) c) a reservoir d) d) a cana 7) An unusual feature of the Ganges River is that it a) a) has a delta at its mouth. b) b) is used for irrigation. c) c) is considered holy by Hindu people. d) d) has the world’s largest dam. 8) The Murray and Darling Rivers combine to form a a) a) drainage basin. b) b) source. c) c) mouth. d) d) canal network. 9) For the Murray River, a small trickle of water near Mount Kosciuszko, high in the Australian mountains, is the location of the river’s a) a) mouth. b) b) delta. c) c) source. d) d) tributary 10) Being a river pilot on the Mississippi River is especially difficult because a) a) there are many rapids in the river. b) b) the river changes all the time. c) c) the river is often frozen solid. d) d) the river has very few tributaries. 11) Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about these people. a) a) the merchants in riverside markets along the Niger River b) b) the people who built castles along the Rhine and Danube Rivers c) c) river pilots along the Mississippi River d) d) the workers who built the pyramids along the Nile River 12) Special dangers in navigating the Ob River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean, are a) a) powerful rapids. b) b) shifting sandbars. c) c) freezing temperatures and ice. d) d) the waterfalls. 13) You might hear a warning about piranhas if you were taking a boat tour of this river in South America. a) a) the Amazon River b) b) the Mackenzie River c) c) the Rhine River d) d) the Congo River 14) Which statement about the Amazon River is correct? a) a) It is the longest river in North America. b) b) It carries the most water of any river in the world. c) c) It has the largest dam in Asia. d) d) It has the largest waterfall of any river in the world 15) The Amazon River flows through this type of surrounding environment. a) a) a frozen wasteland b) b) a harsh desert c) c) high mountains and deep gorges d) d) a lush rainforest 16) A visitor to the Mackenzie River in the Northern Hemisphere might see this wildlife. a) a) piranhas b) b) a hippopotamus c) c) migrating birds d) d) camels 17) Boats traveling on the Congo River switch their cargo to railroad cars to help avoid this type of danger on the river. a) a) flooding b) b) rapids c) c) dams d) d) landlocked canals 18) The Yukon River played a big part in this era of history. a) a) the age of castles in Europe b) b) the growth of ancient Asian civilization c) c) the search for gold in the Klondike d) d) the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt 19) The Rhine River and the Danube River share this feature. a) They are both landlocked. b) They both have their mouths at the Atlantic Ocean. c) They both connect to the Baltic and Black Seas through canals. d) They both have their source in the central part of Europe. 20) The River Niger was key to the growth of the a) city of Timbuktu in Africa b) Klondike gold rush in North America c) Hindu religion in Asia d) trade of Paraguay in South America

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