Egypts Geography

3. which means "the Black Land", due to the black soil in the Nile Valley and Delta.
5. An area of lowland along the Nile River that is in the country of Egypt
7. Goods Egypt receives from others
9. Major trade route in ancient times. It ran from the Nile Valley near Thebes to the Red Sea.
10. Believed the world was flat like a pancake
12. Goods Egypt gives to others
13. Rich farmland on banks of the river provided food and transportation for____________

1. is an extension of the Indian Ocean located northwest between Arabia and Africa
2. is bordered on the north by Europe and Asia and on the south by Africa
4. Are shallow lengths where many small boulders and stones jut out from the river bed.
6. A piece of land shaped like a triangle that is formed when a river splits into smaller rivers before it flows into an ocean
8. meant "the Red Land", and was the name for the desert areas.
11. The world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean