Egyptian vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. city located in northern part of Egypt where the capital was located for parts of its history
  2. 4. Sea long narrow body of water that separates Africa from Asia;Egypt from the Arabian Peninsula
  3. 8. Sea the massive body of water the separates Europe from Africa
  4. 11. the wealth and resources of a country or region,especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services
  5. 12. the rich deposits of minerals and nutrients left behind after a river floods
  6. 13. city located in central part Egypt where the capital was locate for much of its later history
  7. 15. Egypt the northern part of Egypt where the Nile River becomes a delta before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
  8. 16. area located near modern day capital city of Cairo where the great pyramids were built
Down
  1. 2. countrylocated in the northeast corner of modern Africa who is history stretch your back more than 5000 years
  2. 3. moving water from a source to use to assist in agriculture
  3. 5. exchanging goods for other regions goods and money
  4. 6. Egypt the southern part odlf Egypt, where Nile enters Egypt
  5. 7. words means "great desert" the massive desert that stretches all the way across northern Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea
  6. 8. worlds oldest civilization located about 300 miles to the northeast of Egypt
  7. 9. another term for farming,controlling the planting and growing of a food source
  8. 10. the area within a river towards the end,where a major river slows down and spreads out before entering a large body of water
  9. 14. River the worlds longest river, which flows northward from central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea, is the giver of life of Egypt