Middle East

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Across
  1. 3. Oil cartel made up of numerous countries who collaborate to control international oil trade
  2. 4. Minority branch of Islam (mostly in Iran)
  3. 5. Palestinian Government in charge of the west bank
  4. 7. Separate religion from Christianity, emphasizing the OT law Palestine-Modern title given to the Promised Land Conscription-Mandatory military service
  5. 10. Rivers that form the "fertile crescent" of ancient times. Also the location of the garden of Eden Bedouin: a nomadic Arab of the desert
  6. 12. Terrorist Organization in control of the Gaza Strip in Israel/Palestine
  7. 13. Terrorist group responsible for 9/11
Down
  1. 1. A series of locks connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea Desalination—To remove the salt from salt water in an effort to make it usable freshwater
  2. 2. to recreate the nation of Israel
  3. 6. Rule by Islamic religious figure in Iran, head of gov't Absolute Monarchy- King/Queen rules with complete power, usually children rule after them Sanction-Limitations on trade Sunni-Majority branch of Islam
  4. 8. Traditional Islamic law code
  5. 9. Holy war
  6. 11. General ethnic term describing the non-Jewish population of much of the Middle East