Egypt- chapter 3
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- The Nile is the longest river in the ________
- World!
- What is silt?
- rich, fertile soil!!
- What are the two sources of the Nile?
- White Nile and the Blue Nile
- What did the Nile do each spring?
- Floods
- What direction does the Nile flow?
- North!
- What is a delta? Where is it found?
- A delta is a triangle shaped area. It is found at the river's end!*
- What is a cataract?
- rock-filled rapids
- What does Kemet mean? Why was it called this?
- Egyptians called their land the "Black Land" because of the dark soil left by the floods**!!
- What land was between the first and second cataracts?
- Lower Nubia!
- Why did civilization begin around the Nile?
- The people used the fertile soil for farming. They fished in the Nile.
- Tell a fact about trade on the Nile.
- The Nile was a higway for trade. The people travelled in caravans and crossed the deserts in order to trade&