Middle East and Africa Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. largest desert in the world
  2. 7. a form of a religion that upholds a strict, literal interpretation of scripture
  3. 9. 1st civilization, means between the river
  4. 12. Scaring people with violence to achieve political change
  5. 13. "church" for Muslims
  6. 16. fertile land becoming dry, sandy, and baron
Down
  1. 1. crescent shaped region that is good for agriculture
  2. 2. piece of clothing Muslim women wear around their head and face
  3. 3. Early monotheistic religion that uses the Torah
  4. 4. language common in the middle east
  5. 5. Monotheistic religion that follows the profit Mohammad
  6. 8. building cities
  7. 10. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  8. 11. Holy city for Muslims
  9. 14. Statue in Egypt with the head of a man and the body of a lion or cat
  10. 15. Islamic Terrorist group in the Middle East