Across
- 2. all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate
- 5. before written history
- 7. an expert who studies the past by examining objects
- 9. an important part or characteristic of something
- 11. a land northeast of Egypt, settled by the ancient Israelites, from about 1800 to 70 C.E.
- 12. an object made or used by people in the past
- 14. a written work that contains important information
- 15. The longest river in the world
- 16. the shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or deserts, of a place or region
- 19. an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features
Down
- 1. the plants of a place or region
- 3. a society along the Nile river, south of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E to 350 C.E
- 4. having a form composed of one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles
- 6. someone who searches for information on a particular subject
- 8. the characteristics of an object’s surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing it
- 10. a nation in northeast Africa, first settled around 3100 B.C.E.
- 13. a sea north of Africa
- 17. relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
- 18. an expert who studies and records the past
