Across
- 3. Iran, Iraq, and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula are part of a region sometimes called what?
- 6. What sea lost over 90% of its water?
- 7. What name was given to southern Saudi Arabia due to little life?
- 12. The two main types of Islam religion branch of into Shia and what else?
- 13. Most of the region has what kind of climate?
- 14. Being completely surrounded by land and having no direct access to the ocean is called what?
- 15. The four main landforms in this region include rivers, plains, plateaus and what?
- 17. Water that is not replaced by rainfall is referred to as what?
- 19. What is the main form of transportation for Bedouins?
- 20. The Euphrates flows across a low flat plain in Iraq alongside what other river?
Down
- 1. Which country has only a desert climate?
- 2. What mountains are the highest land in the region?
- 4. What country does the Hindu Kush mountain range stretch through?
- 5. What is a wet, fertile area in a desert called?
- 8. Which country has many mineral deposits?
- 9. What are wells dug into dry stream beds called?
- 10. Water is one of the region's most valuable resources along with what?
- 11. What is the land between two rivers also referred to as?
- 16. What is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?
- 18. Nomadic herders who live in outlying dry lands are called what?