Geography Crossword Project

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Across
  1. 3. What type of government is Saudi Arabia?
  2. 5. What country was the world's first civilization located in?
  3. 6. What were the special houses called that Central Asian nomads used?
  4. 7. What is the name for the western mountains in the Arabian Peninsula?
  5. 11. What was the name of Iran until 1935?
  6. 12. Who is the current terrorist group that runs Afghanistan?
  7. 13. During nighttime in the Arabian Peninsula, does the temperature drop or rise?
  8. 15. Which of the two types of Muslims is less popular throughout the world?
  9. 17. What is the name of the old roads that were used to transport goods and other things from China to most of Europe?
  10. 18. What food, which the upper class eats almost every day, is a very important part of Islamic culture?
Down
  1. 1. What is the name for the largest sand desert that covers most of the southern part of Saudi Arabia, in English?
  2. 2. What causes the ridges and patterns to form in the sand?
  3. 4. What resource is scarce in Central Asia and the desert because of the dry climate?
  4. 5. What is the main religion throughout the Arabian Peninsula?
  5. 8. What resource made Kuwait very rich?
  6. 9. In 2005, Iraqis participated in what type of government for the first time?
  7. 10. What helped control water and protect settlements from flooding?
  8. 14. What is the Persian New Year called that Iranians celebrate?
  9. 15. How many countries are there in the Arabian Peninsula? (Spell it out)
  10. 16. What is the name of the Islamic god that the Muslim’s worship?