SW Asia & North Africa

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Across
  1. 3. This natural resource has undoubtedly had the greatest impact on this realm.
  2. 7. What country does not gain significant income from oil revenue?
  3. 8. The prophet of Islam.
  4. 9. The Bab-el Mandeb strait at the mouth of the Red Sea contains one of these:
  5. 12. The domino like wave of revolutions and protests that began in late 2010.
  6. 15. ________________ civilization theory maintains that cities able to organize large public works projects like irrigation will be able to hold power over large amounts of hinterlands.
  7. 17. After a protracted war with the Soviet Union, Afghanistan was ruled by this militant Islamic group.
  8. 18. This country was created in 1948, at the close of WWII.
  9. 20. This ethnicity is found in northern Iraq and operates fairly autonomously from the rest of the country.
Down
  1. 1. Diffusion that spreads in waves, over short distances by person to person contact.
  2. 2. A city of particular importance to Muslims-where all good Muslims are supposed to journey at least once in life during the Hajj.
  3. 4. Shi'ites are the majority in:
  4. 5. The land between the rivers, or the Fertile Crescent is:
  5. 6. The northern coast of Africa is also known as the:
  6. 8. A mechanism for relocation diffusion, when people move from one area to another, bringing their culture traits with them.
  7. 10. Of the three religions that originated in this area, which was founded last?
  8. 11. This province in Sudan was a recent site of ethnic cleansing.
  9. 13. This important ethnic group in Afghanistan is predominantly found in the east.
  10. 14. This state acts as a sort of cushion between two rival states or superpowers.
  11. 16. The Horn of Africa is found in what part of Africa.
  12. 19. The major mountain range in North Africa