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