Ch. 21 & 22 - Southwest Asia

2. _________ Heights. A strategic location between Israel and its neighboring nations.
4. A place where oil is converted into useful products
5. A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface, usually in a desert
6. Term/nickname for Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
10. The majority sect of Islam, making up about 83% of all Muslims
11. A riverbed that remains dry year-round except during the rainy seasons
12. A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
13. _________ irrigation; the use of small pipes that only transport enough water for the plant to grow
14. An islamic place of worship
16. The holiest city in Islam and the site of the Hajj pilgrimage
17. "The Empty Quarter / The Place Where No One Returns" one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, located in the Arabian Peninsula
19. Strict Muslim group that has imposed rigid rules for society but especially women in Afghanistan
20. The founder and central prophet of Islam
21. Desalination / desalinization aims to remove this from water
22. A movement which began in the 19th century to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homelands

1. Sacred site for Muslims in Israel where it is believed that their prophet ascended to Heaven from
3. _____________ water is water that is pumped from underground aquifers
7. Petroleum that has not been processed
8. Landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan; so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters
9. _________________ Wall. For Jews the holiest site in Jerusalem, the only remaining part of the Second Temple.
15. A flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil
18. Ethnic group in SW Asia that has occupied Kurdistan for about 1,000 years and often clashes with countries in the region
19. A form of government in which the government is led by or advised by religious law
23. The Organization of Oil Producing and Exporting Countries (abbreviation)