Across
- 6. One of the major rivers in Iraq
- 8. One of the main groups of Islam
- 9. The other main group of Islam
- 10. One of the world's first writing systems
- 11. Large, mostly flat area, higher than nearby land
- 12. The river valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Down
- 1. Farming
- 2. The outer pieces of the crust of the Earth
- 3. Remove salt from seawater to make fresh water
- 4. Surrounded on three sides by water
- 5. The places deep in the rock where oil is trapped
- 7. Canals that transport water to fields of crops
