Middle East Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature
  2. 4. The measure of how much one currency is worth in relation to another.
  3. 5. A process of removing salt from ocean water
  4. 7. (1990 - 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious.
  5. 8. Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics
  6. 10. a system of money in general use in a particular country
  7. 12. the knowledge and skills that workers acquire through education, training, and experience
  8. 13. Belief in one god
  9. 14. A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine.
  10. 15. government-imposed regulations that increase the cost and restrict the number of imported goods
  11. 16. Prejudice against Jews
  12. 17. A limit placed on the quantity of a product that can be imported
  13. 18. goods that are used in producing other goods, rather than being bought by consumers.
  14. 20. A tax on imported goods
Down
  1. 1. The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
  2. 3. 1991 American-led attack on Iraqi forces after Iraq refused to withdraw its troops from Kuwait
  3. 6. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
  4. 9. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
  5. 11. a person's ability to read or write
  6. 19. A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996