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