Middle East Exam Review Crossword

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  1. 1. One of the three major monotheistic religions
  2. 5. One of the rivers in Mesopotamia
  3. 7. Becuase most of the region is in the desert, Middle Eastern countries often lack ________.
  4. 9. The Nile River flood waters helped to ______ the soil so Egypt was able to sustain a civilization.
  5. 10. A religion that believes in only one god
  6. 14. When oil supplies decrease, trade with oil-rich nations will ________.
  7. 15. Decreased trading of oil leads to ______ prices of oil.
  8. 16. The P in OPEC
  9. 20. The end of the Nile, where it meets the sea, is called the Nile River ______.
  10. 21. A religion that believes in many gods
  11. 22. Unlike the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Nile River floods have been _________.
  12. 23. Scarcity is when a resource is in _____ ________.
  13. 24. Some countries in the Middle East have an abundance of _____.
  14. 25. To protect oil supplies, countries like the United States sometimes get _______ in conflict in the Middle East.
Down
  1. 1. When two groups need each other to survive
  2. 2. When Middle Eastern countries sell oil, it is the __________ of those countries that benefits the most.
  3. 3. One of the three major monotheistic religions
  4. 4. The anicent civilization that existed in modern day Iraq
  5. 6. One of the three major monotheistic religions
  6. 8. The area of the world that stretches from Mesopotamia to Egypt
  7. 11. One of the rivers in Mesopotamia
  8. 12. Oil is a major trading _______ of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait
  9. 13. While oil is abundant in some countries, it is very _____ in others.
  10. 17. The ____ River flows through Egypt
  11. 18. The practice of growing crops, or ______, helped civilization grow in Mesopotamia.
  12. 19. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries