Middle East Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Liquid derived from petroleum used for fuel or lubricant
  2. 5. System of government which priests rule in the name of God.
  3. 8. Native or inhabitant of Persia
  4. 10. Average amount of money a person makes in a country annually
  5. 11. Runs through three countries Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
  6. 14. Form of energy generated by the conversion of free falling water to electricity
  7. 18. Empire founded by Osman, greatest ruler was Suleyman
  8. 21. Underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well
  9. 24. Tax on imported goods
  10. 25. Materials that can be used for economic gain
  11. 26. union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce.
  12. 28. Where food is produced for sales in the market
  13. 29. To stop trade completely with a country
  14. 30. Process of removing salt from salt water to make it usable and drinkable
  15. 31. Key Water source for Israel Syria and Lebanon
Down
  1. 1. Value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another
  2. 2. Runs through two countries Turkey and Iraq
  3. 3. Community or population made of people who share a cultural background
  4. 6. Originally from Arabian Penninsula, most popular ethnic group within Middle East
  5. 7. Total Value of goods produced and services provided in a country in the period of one year
  6. 9. Contamination of water bodies
  7. 12. Limit on imported goods
  8. 13. Type of government where a monarch becomes the monarch because they are related to the last monarch
  9. 15. Member of mainly pastoral Islamic people, want own country (Kurdistan)
  10. 16. Method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriclture.
  11. 17. Degree of wealth and comfort of materials available to a person or community
  12. 19. People who share a common religious creed, beliefs, and practices or rituals.
  13. 20. When a farmer focuses on growing enough food for their family and themselves
  14. 22. Increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a specific amount of time
  15. 23. Waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea
  16. 27. Percentage of people over the age of 15 who can read and write in an area