Physical Features / Culture of the Middle East p. 407-432 and PPT

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Across
  1. 3. the dominant ethnicity of the Middle East is ______
  2. 4. the _____ and the Euphrates River makes up "Mesopotamia," a fertile zone in Iraq
  3. 5. Islamic house of worship
  4. 6. this body of water is the life of Egypt
  5. 8. Islamic shrine in Jerusalem on the site of the Jewish Temple
  6. 9. Arabic term for stream beds that remain dry until heavy rain
  7. 10. this dam controls flooding on the Nile River and produces electricity for Egypt
  8. 12. the holiest object in all of Islam, found in Mecca in Saudi Arabia
  9. 13. the term for lifestyle dependent upon the herding of goats, camels, sheep (the grazing of livestock)
  10. 16. this language is the dominant language of the region
  11. 18. this small ethnic group speaks Hebrew as the national language of Israel
Down
  1. 1. the number one export of the Middle East
  2. 2. Islamic/Middle Eastern 'flea market'
  3. 5. most rainfall in the Middle East occurs along the coast of this great sea in the West
  4. 7. many in the Middle East are still ____, those who live a migratory lifestyle
  5. 8. the smallest of the three landlocked "seas" (lakes)in the Middle East (Israel)
  6. 11. these mountains separate the Middle East from Russia, between the Caspian and Black Seas
  7. 14. a place in the desert where groundwater surfaces, allows for farming
  8. 15. this land/country is considered the Holy Land for Christians and Jews
  9. 17. the vast majority of the Middle East follows this faith