SouthWest Asia Exam Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia.
  2. 7. Bedouins
  3. 8. a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia, and on the east by India.
  4. 9. is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
  5. 10. low population
  6. 13. is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia.
  7. 15. the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.
Down
  1. 1. or River Jordan, also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat, is a 251-kilometre-long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea.
  2. 2. is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
  3. 3. the artificial application of water to the soil through various systems of tubes, pumps, and sprays.
  4. 4. a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land
  5. 6. sometimes called the Arabian Gulf
  6. 11. Natural resource found in SouthWest Asia
  7. 12. highly populated
  8. 14. A type of offroad vehicle