Egypt
Across
- 1. The way a country manages its resources to produce goods and services.
- 5. The ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects,ideas,or sounds.
- 6. Land made of soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water (fan-shaped).
- 9. The longest river in the world- 4,132 miles long in East Africa,flows north and empties in the Mediterranean Sea.
- 10. Soil rich in minerals and nutrients that produces healthy and abundant crops.
Down
- 2. c. 2575-2150 B.C. "Pyramid Builder's".
- 3. Jean Champollion deciphered writing on the stone to translate hieroglyphics.
- 4. A massive structure built of stone,having a square base and 4 triangular sides."Pharaoh's Tombs".
- 7. A kind of paper made from a reed plant growing along the Nile,that the ancient Egyptians used for writing.
- 8. The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.