Across
- 3. What is the saying “land between rivers "called?
- 6. What is a government ruled by religious leaders called?
- 7. What causes ridges in the desert sand?
- 11. What is a wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles?
- 14. Where did the best trade route between Europe and India run?
- 15. In 1991, what happened to the Soviet Union?
- 17. Where is the largest sand desert in the world located?
- 20. What is a limit on trade called?
Down
- 1. What was the main resource for Central Asia?
- 2. What creates narrow fertile land?
- 4. Who was Iraq’s president in 1979?
- 5. What is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?
- 8. Where was the world's first civilization located?
- 9. What country only has a desert climate in the Arabian Peninsula?
- 10. What region is the Arabian Peninsula sometimes called?
- 12. What is one of the world's most mountainous countries?
- 13. What makes Iran a wealthy country?
- 16. Who was Iraq’s oil-rich neighbor to the south?
- 18. What is Iraq’s capital?
- 19. What is the Arabian Peninsula covered with in the east?
