S.S 3-1 & 3-2 Flashcards
The Nile flows _____ from central _____ to _______ sea.
North
Africa
Meditteranean
_____ is the worlds _____ river
Nile
Longest
_____ main sources: blue ____ and ____ Nile
Two
Nile
White
Blue and White Nile meet in _______( present day Sudan)
Khartoum
Rock filled Rapids found in Nubian section of the Nile
Cataracts
Between first and second cataracts; desert, granite mountains, very little flammable land
Lower Nubia
In lower Nubia, it rarely ___- people lived close to _____ for water supply
Rained
Nile
Between second and sixth cataracts
Upper Nubia
In upper Nubia, ____ does fall and people _____ in summer and fall
Rain
Farmed
First cataract to Meditteranean Sea
Ancient Egypt
Fertile strip
Upper Egypt
Fertile, marshy area
Lower Egypt
Triangle shaped fertile area made of little rivers found at the end of the Nile
Delta
Rich fertile soil brought down from highlands and deposited onto land when Nile overflowed
Silt
“The black land”- dark soil left by Niles floods
Kemet