The Arabian Peninsula + Central Asia

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Across
  1. 3. Sunni is one of the 2 types of Islam. What is the other called?
  2. 6. The Soviet Union forced this country to grow cotton.
  3. 8. What are the highest mountains in Iran?
  4. 10. The Syr Darya and Amu Darya flow through what valley?
  5. 12. How mnay kingdoms does the UAE (United Arab Emirates) have?
  6. 13. What country invaded Iraq in 1990?
  7. 14. The world's largest sand desert, which is located primarily in Arabia but also in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates.
  8. 16. In the 700's, what religion was brought to central Asia that still has a massive influence on the poeple today?
  9. 17. What kind of reserves make Iran an extremely wealthy country?
  10. 18. Which country was ruled by the Taliban, then wasn't, and now is again?
  11. 20. What country in Central Asia means "Land of 40 clans"?
Down
  1. 1. What sea borders Iran to the north?
  2. 2. A garment that covers the head and entire body of women, most often worn in countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia?
  3. 4. Farmers use most of the water to Irrigate what?
  4. 5. This region is often called the
  5. 7. What climate does most of the Arabian Peninsula have?
  6. 9. What sea lost about 90% of its water since the 1970's
  7. 11. What type of portable, round tent, covered and insulated with skins or felt, and traditionally used as a dwelling, most commonly by nomads in Central Asia?
  8. 15. Central Asians resented this country's rule so much that they threw a revolution in 1917.
  9. 19. The first civilization was located in what country?