Chapter 23
Across
- 5. __________ of the Kingdom of Jordan gave a speech on the role of women in Southwest Asian economies.
- 7. a muslim holy site, called Temple Mount by the Jews
- 9. a __________ agency has control of all holy sites
- 11. a nation of people without a land to legally occupy
- 14. Palestinians live in ___________ in Israel
- 16. largely unskilled laborers
- 18. this country has establsihed free education for all children through the university level
- 19. stands for united arab emirates
Down
- 1. ethnic group that resisted control of many different countries and became a stateless nation
- 2. many countries in Southwest Asia grew enormously wealthy from ________
- 3. the skills and talents of people
- 4. a territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula
- 6. both the Israelis and the Palestinians claim _________ as the capital of their nation
- 8. _________ refugee camps for Arab Palestinians were established in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
- 10. an area of land formally known as Palestine
- 11. a resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply
- 12. revived its copper industry and chromium mines.
- 13. a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River
- 15. they are the Arabs and their descendents who lived or still live in the area formally called Palestine, now called Israel
- 17. the worlds __________ rise and fall unpredictably