5th History - Test 2

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Across
  1. 2. Southernmost country of the Middle East
  2. 4. 1st European to reach India by sailing around Africa
  3. 7. The oldest independent state in the Arab world
  4. 8. City in Saudi Arabia considered holy by Muslims as it is the birthplace of Mohammed
  5. 10. Sheltered place where ships may anchor safely
  6. 13. Capital city of the Assyrian Empire
  7. 14. Capital of Lebanon
  8. 15. Gently sloping coast covered by sand or pebbles
  9. 17. Temporary river that appears in heavy rains
  10. 18. Descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  11. 22. The world's largest peninsula
  12. 23. Capital of Iran
  13. 24. The lowest place on earth is the _________ Sea
  14. 25. Country previously known as Ceylon
  15. 27. Smaller than a sea and with a wide opening
  16. 28. Iran's former name
  17. 30. Narrow, manmade channel of water that joins other bodies of water
  18. 32. The largest religion in the Middle East
  19. 34. Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi dictator that invaded _______________
  20. 36. The Indus River Valley civilization is on of the __________ in the world
  21. 37. First king of Israel
Down
  1. 1. A person who has left their county due to hardship
  2. 3. Developed over 300 laws for the Babylonians
  3. 5. Mount Hermon is the source of the __________ River
  4. 6. Strict social separation of classes in India
  5. 9. leader of Persia who conquered the 2nd Babylonian Empire
  6. 11. Jawaharlal Nehru was the 1st prime minster of _________
  7. 12. Turkey and Iran are in the Northern ___________ region
  8. 15. The religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama
  9. 16. War in which Israel captured the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan
  10. 19. Capital of Turkey
  11. 20. The 1st empire to include most of modern India
  12. 21. Capital of Pakistan
  13. 26. Jewish captive trained to serve the king of Babylon
  14. 29. ________________ Khomeini was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979-1989
  15. 31. Turkey's largest city and leading seaport
  16. 33. Wider than a strait or channel
  17. 35. 2020 peace agreement between UAE, Bahrain, and Israel was the ____________ Accords