[Back to top]. The Canadian Dollar is the currency of Canada while the US Dollar is the currency of the Unitd States. As of June 2007, the exchange rate was around 0.95 Canadian Dollars for every American Dollar. Around Niagara Falls, many Canadian stores accept American Dollars but return change in Canadian Dollars. However, the converse is not true as American stores will generally not accept Canadian currency. If you can help it, the easiest thing to do is to use your credit card.
Egypt is a country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, and is among the oldest civilizations on earth. The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the Egyptian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' (which means House of the Spirit of Ptah, who was a very early God of the Ancient Egyptians).n the early Old Kingdom, Egypt was simply known as 'Kemet' which means 'Black Land' so named for the rich, dark soil along the Nile River where the first settlements began. Later, the country was known simply as Misr which means 'country', a name still in use by Egyptians for their nation in the present day.
Ancient Egyptians divided their country into two types of land: the red land, which meant desert, and the black land,: which was the fertile Nile Valley region. The red land of Egypt features six deserts -- four major deserts, and two smaller deserts that boast colored sands.