Middle East Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Has the largest sand desert in the world
  2. 4. lasted until 1988.
  3. 7. a religion founded in Arabia by Muhammad
  4. 8. a really large lake
  5. 9. has many mineral mine and large amounts of coal
  6. 10. a major center of farming
  7. 12. used mostly to irrigate cotton fields
  8. 13. an international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets by controlling the supply.
  9. 14. cover the east
  10. 15. Oil-based economy
  11. 16. The world’s first civilization
  12. 17. shaped domestic policy and profits have funded schools and health care.
  13. 18. practice Judaism, Christianity, Yarsan, Yazidism, or Zoroastrianism.
Down
  1. 1. believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teachings.
  2. 3. Completely surrounded by land with no access to the ocean
  3. 5. Seven tiny kingdoms
  4. 6. Iraqs capital
  5. 11. believe that true interpretation of Islamic teaching can only come from certain religious and political leaders called imams.