Across
- 2. Boundaries that often follow straight lines and not natural features
- 3. Organization of countries in the Middle East/North Africa that regulate oil prices and trade
- 5. Early civilization that was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 11. Climate region defined by 10 inches or less of precipitation in a single year
- 12. One of the two main branches of Islam
- 14. World's largest desert (excluding poles)
- 15. Connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
- 16. The belief in one god
Down
- 1. A country's largest city that is also its most important cultural and economic center
- 4. Largest inland body of water in the world
- 6. Africa's longest mountain range
- 7. Place where water surfaces in a desert
- 8. Country that is considered a part of both Europe and Asia (not Russia)
- 9. This country was formed as a safe haven for Jews following the events of the Holocaust
- 10. The raising and grazing of livestock
- 13. Longest river in the world
