The Middle East Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fertile crescent: the earth's earliest people lived here (2 words).
• euphrates: one of the rivers known from the earliest of times.
• mesopotamia: the land between the rivers.
• sumer: what was one of the first known civilizations located in southern mesopotamia?
• wheel: sumerians are credited with inventing writing and the _ .
• farming: what was the main occupation/work of the sumerians?
• creation: what did the sumerians worship instead of the creator?
• nomads: people who are constantly on the move- often living in tents.
• phoenicians: invented blown glass and expensive purple dye and an alphabet.
• babylonians: conquered the assyrians and captured the tribes of judah- among them daniel.
• lydians: makers of money
• dry: the climate of the middle east.
• peninsula: land surrounded mostly by water (like on 3 sides); arabian is the largest one.
• dromedary: a one humped camel.
• olive: this tree provided oil for cooking as well as light.
• arabic: the language of most people of the middle east.
• islam: the religion of most people of the middle east.
• oil: one reason the middle east is important in the world is because of this natural resource.
• religions: the three most important _ began in the middle east.