Q2 G6 Ancient River Civilizations-Mesopotamia Dr. E 2024-25

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Across
  1. 1. The Yellow River flows in ______.
  2. 5. There is another Nile River called the ____ Nile.
  3. 6. _____ soil is found near active rivers and flood plains.
  4. 8. The River than flows through China is also known in China by its Chinese name ____ __.
  5. 9. The "cradle of civilization" is a way of referring to ancient ________.
  6. 11. A _______ is a water course that flows into another river or lake.
  7. 14. The _____ ______ is another phrase to describe the region created by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia.
Down
  1. 2. This is a process of bringing water from rivers to farmland to grow crops.
  2. 3. The ____ River second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km
  3. 4. The ____ River is the longest in Western Asia, at about 2,780 km, and the 15th longest river in the world.
  4. 7. A practice in which farmers build narrow strips of land on a slope so that people can plant crops at graduated slopes up the sides of mountains.
  5. 10. The ____ River is 3,180 km long and crosses two political boundaries as well as the Himalayan mountains.
  6. 12. One of the possible problems of living near a river is that there might be _____ during at least part of the year.
  7. 13. This is a commercial use of rivers by which people transport themselves to other towns to sell or buy goods.
  8. 15. The ____ River is the second largest river in Western Asia and Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria.
  9. 16. The ____ River is a north-flowing river in northeastern Africa and flows into the Mediterranean Sea.