Chapter 15 and 16 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Person believed to be a messenger from God
  2. 5. A communal farm or settlement in Israel
  3. 6. Grazing so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground erodes
  4. 9. an ethnic group without a formal country
  5. 12. A valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
  6. 14. Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel
  7. 15. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by running water
  8. 18. Belief in one God
  9. 19. In Islam, a house of worship
  10. 20. In the desert, a streambed that is dry except during heavy rain
Down
  1. 1. A cooperative settlement of small individual farms in Israel
  2. 2. A natural mineral containing chemical compounds used in fertilizers
  3. 3. To adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use
  4. 4. A fixed limit or extent that typically follows straight lines
  5. 7. Process in which arable land becomes desert
  6. 8. An ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words and sounds
  7. 10. A belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state
  8. 11. A chemical or natural substance added to soil to increase its fertility
  9. 13. A chemical used to kill insects, rodents, or other pests
  10. 16. Member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
  11. 17. A member of a wandering pastoral people