The Nile River Valley

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Nile River Valley

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Egyptians depended on the (3 words) for their survival.

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Egyptians

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Most (blank) settled in the fertile strip of land beside the river.

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Nile

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A Greek historian once called Egypt the gift of the (blank).

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Africa

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The Nile is the world's longest river. It begins in Central (blank).

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3,500 miles

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The flows about (blank) miles north to the Mediterranean sea.

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The White Nile and the Blue Nile.

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The great river has two (2) main sources.

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White

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The (blank) Nile is the main stream.

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Victoria

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The White Nile flows out of Lake (blank).

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Ethiopia

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The Blue Nile rushes down from the highlands of present day (blank).

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Karthoum

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The White Nile and the Blue Nile meet at (blank), in the country now called Sudan.

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Sahara

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The (blank) is a vast desert that covers much of North Africa.

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Cataracts

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Rocky rapids or (blank) made it impossible for people to travel by ship from the sea to the interior of Africa.

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Interior

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The (blank) of a continent is the area away from the coast.

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True

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True or False. The people of ancient Egypt never knew the sources of the Nile.

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Upper Egypt

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Narrow valley lined with cliffs.

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Delta

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A (blank) is an area of soil deposited at the mouth of a river.

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Lower Egypt

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the Nile delta forms the region know as (two words).

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Kemet

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The Black Land

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Annual

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The (blank) or yearly flooding of the Nile created the Black Land.

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Double-Crop

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This means Egyptians could raise two (2) crops on the same land within a year.

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Plants

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The Nile River was also a source of fish and useful (blank).

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Menes

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King (blank) united Upper and Lower Egypt. He wore two (2) crowns of red and white.