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Across
  1. 1. City in Turkey with over 10 million people today(Human Geography)
  2. 3. The term "Middle East" comes from a ____ point of view(What's In A Name)
  3. 5. This type of war brought European armies into the Middle East a thousand years ago(A Well-Traveled Trade Route)
  4. 6. Rapid population growth has strained this resource(Human Geography)
  5. 8. City in Egypt with over 10 million people today(Human Geography)
  6. 13. Long ___ along the seas of the Middle East support families who fish(Human Geography)
  7. 16. A major trade route that crossed into the Middle East and helped to connect Europe and Asia(A Well-Traveled Trade Route)
  8. 17. In alphabetical order (and with no spaces), list the three continents that are partly in the Middle East(--)
  9. 19. This river and the Tigris were at the heart of the Fertile Crescent(More Than Just Deserts)
  10. 20. This extremely important canal connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas(A Well-Traveled Trade Route)
Down
  1. 1. Scientific, religious, and artistic ____ were exchanged by traders in the Middle East.(A Well-Traveled Trade Route)
  2. 2. Over the centuries, this generated enough wealth to support Middle Eastern empires.(Unique Features Bring...)
  3. 4. These provided natural barriers to invaders but also helped to isolate people from each other(More Than Just Deserts)
  4. 7. Oppressed minority living in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq(More Than Just Deserts)
  5. 8. Civilization that invented paper and gunpowder(A Well-Traveled Trade Route)
  6. 9. Most farming populations are organized as tight-knit ____(Human Geography)
  7. 10. People who move from place to place, usually following and managing animal herds, without settling down; few people in the Middle East are purely this(Human Geography)
  8. 11. These geographical features allowed for productive agriculture and were a key factor in the first development of cities(More Than Just Deserts)
  9. 12. Movies make it seem like the Middle East is all this, but in reality the physical geography is much more varied(More Than Just Deserts)
  10. 14. From the European perspective, China and Japan are part of the ___ East(What's In A Name)
  11. 15. Mountain range in Turkey(More Than Just Deserts)
  12. 18. Today, this is what provides much of the wealth in the Middle East.(Unique Features Bring...)