Chapter 21,22, and 23 crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A Muslim place of worship.
  2. 4. River A river that provides one of the most precious resources in the entire region-- water, located down the mountains of Lebanon near Mt. Hermon.
  3. 7. Also known as the “land between the rivers” built by Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Chaldea.
  4. 8. Sea A landlocked salt lake which the Jordan River flows into.
  5. 9. a fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
  6. 11. One of the most important rivers that supported several ancient river valley civilizations in an area called the fertile Crescent.
  7. 16. Religious leaders control the government, which is found on the land of Muslims.
  8. 18. A fundamentalist Muslim political group protecting Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan.
  9. 19. Workers These people are largely unskilled laborers that full jobs that the region’s native peoples find culturally or economically unacceptable.
  10. 21. The removal of salt from ocean water that is done at technically sophisticated water treatment plants.
  11. 25. An ethnic group in Southwestern Asia, died from the chemical weapons attack.
  12. 27. Water Water pumped from underground aquifers.
  13. 28. The holiest city of Islam.
  14. 29. One of the main branches of Muslim with about 17% of Muslim, which are most Iranians.
  15. 32. The job of a refinery is to convert the crude oil into useful products.
  16. 33. of the Rock Houses the spot where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad rose into heaven.
  17. 34. Heights A hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee.
  18. 35. Bank A strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River.
  19. 36. Flat When winds evaporate the moisture in the soil, and chemical salts remain.
Down
  1. 1. a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season..
  2. 2. The founder of the religion based teaching.
  3. 5. They are Arabs and their descendants who lived or still live in the atre formerly called Palestine and now called Israel.
  4. 6. The most famous dessert in the region, also known as the “Empty Quarter”.
  5. 10. Commodity A resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply.
  6. 12. Nation A nation of people without a land to legally occupy.
  7. 13. Wall The holiest site of Jerusalem; a portion of the second temple.
  8. 14. Irrigation The practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water used for crops.
  9. 15. One of the main branches of Muslim with 83% of Muslims.
  10. 17. A movement in the 19th century that had a goal to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
  11. 20. Liberation Organization A group formed to regain the land for Palestinian Arabs.
  12. 22. Helps members control worldwide oil prices.
  13. 23. Strip A territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula.
  14. 24. Oil Petroleum that has not yet been processed.
  15. 26. Resources The skills and talents of their people.
  16. 30. A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of its founder.
  17. 31. One of the most important rivers that supported several ancient river valley civilizations in an area called the fertile Crescent.