Chapter 9 Section 1

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Across
  1. 8. a fracture in the Earth's crust that can cause earthquakes
  2. 9. vast desert that covers 250,000 square miles of Saudi Arabia
  3. 11. redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches
  4. 14. body of water created by earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault
  5. 15. Fertile Crescent River that is longer
  6. 18. land area that covers 1 million square miles
  7. 19. mountain range in western Iran
  8. 20. world's largest hot desert; covers much of North Africa
  9. 23. high, flat area in the center of Iran
  10. 24. fertile area that arcs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
Down
  1. 1. tunnel built to carry water to dry plains
  2. 2. mountain range at the tip of northwest Africa
  3. 3. transition from fertile land to desert
  4. 4. world's longest river; runs north through Egypt
  5. 5. very dry
  6. 6. a flat area of land next to a river that floods
  7. 7. unrefined oil; remnant of tiny plants and animals that lived millions of years ago
  8. 10. fine particles of soil that make land fertile
  9. 12. mountain range in Turkey bordering the Mediterranean Sea
  10. 13. a wet, fertile place in the middle of a desert
  11. 16. high, flat area in Turkey
  12. 17. resource that cannot be quickly replaced
  13. 21. Fertile Crescent River that carries more water
  14. 22. hadow dry area on one side of a mountain range