Benchmark Vocabulary Review - Middle East

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Across
  1. 4. Persian word for king
  2. 6. Iranian legislature
  3. 7. Starting a business
  4. 8. The killing of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1918
  5. 9. Tunnel that provides water to Persian villages by bringing water from an aquifer
  6. 12. A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf.
  7. 17. Self-governing religious community in the Ottoman Empire
  8. 19. An Iranian religion that dates back to ancient times
  9. 21. A messenger of God
  10. 25. A ruler from a traditional ruling family who is the son, daughter, or younger relative of the last ruler
  11. 26. The raising of plants and animals
  12. 27. Removal of salt from seawater
  13. 29. Place were most people live in cities
  14. 30. A dry area that forms behind a highland that captures rainfall and snow
  15. 32. Islamic house of worship
  16. 34. The belief in a single God
  17. 35. Muslims’ political and religious leader
  18. 37. Hot, dry winds that blow across Iran from west to east
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  1. 1. Religious wars in which Christian soldiers from Europe aimed to stop the spread of Islam and to retake control of Palestine, also called the Holy Land
  2. 2. An underground layer where water collects
  3. 3. Block of rock and soil that makes up Earth’s crust
  4. 5. A democracy in which parliament chooses the government
  5. 10. Name taken by Mustafa Kemal, the founder of modern Turkey, meaning “Father of the Turks”
  6. 11. Religious leader
  7. 13. Narrow body of water that cuts through land, connecting two larger bodies of water
  8. 14. Persian governor
  9. 15. Arabic word meaning “struggle”
  10. 16. Culture with a written language in which people have many different kinds of jobs
  11. 18. Discrimination against Jews
  12. 20. A government controlled by one person who has not won a free election
  13. 22. Beliefs about what is right and wrong
  14. 23. Belief that holy books should be taken literally, word for word
  15. 24. Situation when large numbers of educated people migrate out of a country
  16. 28. Belief that policies and society should follow Islamic law
  17. 31. Title for high-ranking Shia Muslim leaders in Iran
  18. 33. Holy book of Islam
  19. 36. Concealing, baggy garments worn by many Arab women