Middle East/North Africa

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Across
  1. 1. Valley, long narrow valley formed where Earth’s crust pulls apart
  2. 4. underground water channel system used for irrigation in Southwest Asia
  3. 5. Boundary, physical feature that separates regions/countries (mountains rivers deserts)
  4. 8. government ban/restriction on trade with a country
  5. 11. land becoming more desert-like due to drought/overuse
  6. 14. Israeli cooperative village where families farm individual plots
  7. 15. Hearth, region where a culture begins and spreads outward
  8. 17. Israeli collective community often based on shared farming/work
  9. 18. wetlands with shallow water and grasses/reeds
Down
  1. 2. substance added to soil to increase nutrients for crops
  2. 3. belief in one God
  3. 6. livestock eating vegetation faster than it can regrow
  4. 7. religious messenger/teacher who delivers a divine message
  5. 9. ancient wedge-shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia
  6. 10. Muslim place of worship
  7. 12. herding livestock as a main way of life
  8. 13. chemical used to kill pests that damage crops
  9. 16. ancient Mesopotamian stepped temple tower