Middle Eastern Conflict

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Across
  1. 2. Arab countries do not recognize this country as a nation
  2. 3. The idea that countries are most successful if the people who live there share the same beliefs
  3. 5. New boundaries resulted in a lot of _________.
  4. 9. This country fought Iraq in an 8 year war over oil
  5. 11. This group of Muslims disagree with the Shia
  6. 13. Fundamentalist Muslims tried to remove this from Iran
  7. 16. Ethnic group divided among Turkey, Iraq, and Iran
  8. 17. This group of people split up the Ottoman Empire
  9. 18. Europeans wanted a profit from _____.
  10. 19. Site of constant conflict between Israelis and Palestinians
Down
  1. 1. One cause of conflict in the Middle East
  2. 4. The blending of cultures in the Middle East that caused many problems
  3. 6. Muslim empire who controlled the Middle East from the 1300s until WWI
  4. 7. One cause of conflict in the Middle East
  5. 8. War fought over oil in the Middle East between Iraq and Kuwait
  6. 10. Europeans ignored these groups when splitting up the Ottoman Empire
  7. 12. Religion of Arabs in Palestine
  8. 14. Religion of Israel
  9. 15. European countries established _________ that had never existed before.