Across
- 2. The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
- 4. Pyramid shaped temple of mud brick built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 5. Organization created in 1960 btw Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
- 7. Waterway between Iran and Saudi Arabia
- 9. Person believed to be a messenger of god
- 10. Underground canals used in water systems of ancient Persians
- 11. Removal from salt from sea water to make it useable for drinking and farming
- 14. Water and vegetation in a desert
- 15. Separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara desert
- 20. A member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family written in Arabic script
- 23. Differences between people (origins, languages, customs, beliefs)
- 24. Removing salt from water by boiling
- 26. Based on life of Jesus Christ, New Testament of the Bible
- 28. Underground, water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel
- 29. Measurement of earthquakes
- 30. Derived from petroleum or natural gas
Down
- 1. North-East of Africa and Arabian plate, largest in the world
- 3. Raising & grazing of livestock
- 6. Natural mineral containing compounds often used in fertilizers
- 8. Nomadic desert people of North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 12. Monotheistic religion that worships Allah, follows Qur’an, founder Mohammad
- 13. made of mud and sand deposited by running water
- 16. Industries like banking, insurance, transportation
- 17. Monotheisic religion, Torah is the text, Abraham is the founder
- 18. (barley, oats, wheat), for food
- 19. Sumerian writing system
- 21. Cradle of civilization, Nile, Mesopotamia, Tilgris, and Euphrates rivers
- 22. Islamic Church or place of worship
- 25. Triangular section of land built up at the mouth of a river
- 27. Streambed in desert that is dry except for in a heavy rain