Egyptian Geography Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• delta: a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.
• silt: fine soil found on river bottoms.
• nile: the world's longest river.
• lower: the nile delta forms the region known as _ egypt.
• upper: a narrow region lined with cliffs that is known as _ egypt.
• black land: a fresh layer of rich, dark soil left by the nile's floods.
• red land: the name for the area that lay beyond the fertile riverbanks of the nile.
• artisans: workers who specialized in handicrafts, whose class grew because of the surplus from the farmers
• pharaohs: powerful rulers who were believed to be gods
• dynasty: a series of rulers from the same family
• polytheistic: meaning they worshiped many gods
• ka: the name the egyptians used to refer to a person's spirit
• bluewhite: the nile has two main sources. these are known as the _ nile and the _ nile.
• north: the nile river flows this direction
• nubia: today is known as northern sudan, but was an ancient region in the nile river valley
• kush: another name for the ancient region in the nile river valley that is in modern day sudan
• thirteen miles: the approximate width of the nile river valley
• kemet: what the egyptians called their country
• unpredictable: the nile river floods would be described as _
• farming: the nile was essential for _
• natural barriers: these helped protect the egyptian kingdoms from invaders
• mediterranean sea: this body of water to the north kept enemies at bay
• cataracts: these rock-filled rapids made travel along the nile river nearly impossible
• hapi: the god of the floods; the god of the nile
• calendar: the egyptian's observations of their environment led to the invention of this piece of technology