Review of Geography
Across
- 2. Harvesting seasons in ancient Egypt
- 6. Northern Part of ancient Egypt
- 8. Civilization considered to be the first
- 11. Used to get water from the Nile in ancient Egypt
- 12. Current country that refers to ancient Mesopotamia
- 13. Embankments along the Euphrates River
- 14. Sea known as Mare Norstrum or Mare Internum by the Romans
- 16. Civilization had three areas of fertile land, volcanoes, and created colonies for greater wheat production
- 17. Civilization that has no major rivers
- 18. Body of water that protects Egypt in the East
- 19. Valuable item that came from the flooding of the Nile and made agriculture flourish in ancient Egypt
- 20. Earth writing
- 21. Known as a waterfall, there are 9 of them in Egypt
Down
- 1. Most fertile area of ancient Egypt
- 3. Used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and means "three rower"
- 4. Needed by most early civilizations to get water from the rivers to their crops
- 5. Piece of land that allowed 2 civilizations (Egypt + Mesopotamia) to flourish
- 7. Southern Part of ancient Egypt
- 9. Season in ancient Egypt where floodwater receded, allowing farming to occur
- 10. Main reason as to why calendars were invented
- 13. Desert that provides protection in the West of ancient Egypt
- 15. Season in ancient Egypt where the Nile flooded, and no farming happened