Crossword Puzzle Levels 1&2
Modern Transportation on Ancient Highways

Across
1. The freight carried by a ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle.
2. Person who established the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
3. Famous canal that was completed in 1825 and went 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo, New York.
4. Type of engineer who specializes in the design and construction of highways bridges, harbors, etc.
5. Famous early shipbuilders and sailors. These ancient people are credited with the development of the first alphabet.
6. Early settlers could transport frieght from the upper Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico by way of which important waterway?

Down
1. The engineering branch of the U.S. Army.
2. A man-made waterway.
3.            projects is the term for non-military projects.
4. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
5. A waterway through the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
6. Author of the great Mississippi River adventure stories, "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn."
7. A flat-bottomed vessel used for transporting goods and materials. These vessels usually do not move on their own power, but are pushed or towed by tugboats.