Across
- 3. What type of government is Saudi Arabia?
- 5. What country was the world's first civilization located in?
- 6. What were the special houses called that Central Asian nomads used?
- 7. What is the name for the western mountains in the Arabian Peninsula?
- 11. What was the name of Iran until 1935?
- 12. Who is the current terrorist group that runs Afghanistan?
- 13. During nighttime in the Arabian Peninsula, does the temperature drop or rise?
- 15. Which of the two types of Muslims is less popular throughout the world?
- 17. What is the name of the old roads that were used to transport goods and other things from China to most of Europe?
- 18. What food, which the upper class eats almost every day, is a very important part of Islamic culture?
Down
- 1. What is the name for the largest sand desert that covers most of the southern part of Saudi Arabia, in English?
- 2. What causes the ridges and patterns to form in the sand?
- 4. What resource is scarce in Central Asia and the desert because of the dry climate?
- 5. What is the main religion throughout the Arabian Peninsula?
- 8. What resource made Kuwait very rich?
- 9. In 2005, Iraqis participated in what type of government for the first time?
- 10. What helped control water and protect settlements from flooding?
- 14. What is the Persian New Year called that Iranians celebrate?
- 15. How many countries are there in the Arabian Peninsula? (Spell it out)
- 16. What is the name of the Islamic god that the Muslim’s worship?