Across
- 2. Famous desert also known as the Empty Quarter
- 7. Where crude oil is converted to useful products
- 10. Riverbeds that remain dry except during rainy seasons
- 11. Toward the end of the 1600's____ leaders were weak
- 12. The hilly plateau over the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee
- 14. River that supported several ancient civilizations
- 16. Cut off easy access to the Caspian Sea for people living in Iran
- 19. Transporting oil over the ocean creates a higher risk of ____
- 20. People have no set home and move to find water
Down
- 1. Most distinctive landform in Southwest Asia
- 3. Removal of salt from ocean water
- 4. Water from underground aquifers
- 5. Process used to water plants in regions that get little water
- 6. About half of the world's oil reserves are found here
- 8. Landlocked salt water lake
- 9. Area in the desert where water is found
- 13. Unprocessed petroleum
- 15. River that starts in Lebanon near MT. Hermon
- 17. Has transformed deserts into productive farmland
- 18. When winds evaporate moisture in the soil leaving _____