Geography of Egypt - Wednesday 10/21 Warm Up

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Across
  1. 3. a green spot in a desert where water is close enough to the surface to support life.
  2. 6. the Egyptian word for a nome, or territorial division.
  3. 8. the ruler of a nome.
  4. 10. a territorial division or province for administration purposes.
  5. 11. the vast, hot, dry desert that lay on both sides of the fertile Nile valley, protecting Egypt from invaders.
  6. 12. a long-pole tool with a bucket attached, used to lift water from the Nile River into irrigation basins.
Down
  1. 1. a tall, wild reed plant that grew along the Nile River, used by Egyptians to make paper, boats, and baskets.
  2. 2. fine, rich soil deposited along the Nile. Good for farming.
  3. 4. the narrow strip of rich, dark, fertile land along the bank of the Nile River left behind by annual floods, which the Egyptians used to grow crops.
  4. 5. a fan-shaped, fertile area where a river fans out and empties into a larger body of water, such as the Mediterranean Sea.
  5. 7. the annual flooding season of the Nile. Enriched the soil.
  6. 9. a steep waterfall, rocky rapids, or stretch of rough water in a river.