Across
- 1. Valley, long narrow valley formed where Earth’s crust pulls apart
- 4. underground water channel system used for irrigation in Southwest Asia
- 5. Boundary, physical feature that separates regions/countries (mountains rivers deserts)
- 8. government ban/restriction on trade with a country
- 11. land becoming more desert-like due to drought/overuse
- 14. Israeli cooperative village where families farm individual plots
- 15. Hearth, region where a culture begins and spreads outward
- 17. Israeli collective community often based on shared farming/work
- 18. wetlands with shallow water and grasses/reeds
Down
- 2. substance added to soil to increase nutrients for crops
- 3. belief in one God
- 6. livestock eating vegetation faster than it can regrow
- 7. religious messenger/teacher who delivers a divine message
- 9. ancient wedge-shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia
- 10. Muslim place of worship
- 12. herding livestock as a main way of life
- 13. chemical used to kill pests that damage crops
- 16. ancient Mesopotamian stepped temple tower