Middle Eastern Vocab Name:_________________

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Across
  1. 4. the process of removing salt from seawater
  2. 7. a moon-shaped region in the middle east that was the birthplace of civilization
  3. 9. a person who has been forced to leave their home in order to escape war or disaster
  4. 10. a fertile spot in the desert where water can be found
  5. 13. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater
  6. 14. form of government with a religious leader at its head
  7. 15. a member of a people having no permanent homeland, who travel from place to place
  8. 16. a religion with a only a single God
Down
  1. 1. a wave of pro-democracy protests and armed rebellions across the Middle East
  2. 2. an international group of middle eastern countries that rule over oil production
  3. 3. a long, narrow, lowland depression formed by the sinking of the Earth's crust
  4. 5. the belief that the Jewish people should all return to the promised land of Israel
  5. 6. the Muslim holy book in Islam
  6. 8. an artificial waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
  7. 11. Islam's comprehensive religious legal rules
  8. 12. a threatened economic penalty for breaking international laws