Jera's MENA crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to the village below
  2. 4. a modern persian language
  3. 6. soil deposit- materials deposited by rivers
  4. 10. mountains- seperates the mediterranian and atlantic coastlines from the sahara desert
  5. 12. peninsula- biggest peninsula between red sea and persian gulf
  6. 13. gulf- produces nearly one third of the worlds oil and holds over half of the worlds crude oil reserves
  7. 15. places where the mesopotamian gods were worshiped
  8. 16. delta- is a land form created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower moving water
  9. 18. domestic product- a total value of goods produced and serviced provided in a country in a year
  10. 20. a place of worship for the muslims
  11. 21. religion of the muslims a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the prophet of allah
  12. 23. a nomadic arab of the desert
  13. 25. the process of removing salts or other minerals and containments from seawater, brackish water, and waster water
  14. 28. organization of the petroleum exporting countries.
  15. 29. industry- a type of business that provides services to a customer rather than producing a product
Down
  1. 1. a body of permeable rock which can contain transmit groundwater
  2. 2. crescent- boomerang shaped region of the middle east and home to some of the earliest civilizations
  3. 5. raising domestic animals and moving the herd
  4. 7. is abrahamic monothesitic religion following Jesus of Nazareth
  5. 8. wedge shaped characters used in ancient writing systems of mesopotamia, persia, and ugarit
  6. 9. a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the raining season
  7. 11. earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust
  8. 14. action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling
  9. 17. worlds oldest monotheistic religion, rich heritage
  10. 19. grains- comes from grasses such as wheat, rye, millet, barely, rice, oats, and maize
  11. 22. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
  12. 24. a fertile spot in a desert where water is found
  13. 26. diversity- the presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or diversity
  14. 27. chemicals products obtained from petroleum refining