World Geography Middle East

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  1. 2. the religion practiced by the majority of Israel
  2. 5. capital city of Iran
  3. 8. capital city of Turkey
  4. 9. most valuable natural resource in the region
  5. 10. movement for Jews setting up their own country
  6. 13. non-religion based
  7. 14. worlds largest region of active sand dunes
  8. 15. Iraqi dictator that was executed in 2003 for crimes against humanity
  9. 17. country governed by religious law
  10. 20. Muslims that choose their prayer leader
  11. 21. disputed area of land on the western side of the Jordan River in Israel
  12. 23. mineral used to make wool, fertilizers, glass, and soaps (What?!?!)
  13. 25. Islam's holiest city
  14. 27. the Greek name for the land on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
  15. 29. series of wars between Christians and Muslims
  16. 32. capital city of Lebanon
  17. 33. large body of water that flows through Strait of Hormuz
  18. 34. small peninsular country
  19. 35. plateau that makes-up Turkey
  20. 37. Arabic name for God
  21. 39. capital city of Iraq
  22. 40. holy book of Islam
  23. 41. nomadic herders that live in outlying dry lands or deserts
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  1. 1. ethnic group in the borderlands of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey and are Muslims.
  2. 2. capital city of Israel
  3. 3. Islamic prayer leader
  4. 4. capital city of Syria
  5. 6. rivers that form Mesopotamia
  6. 7. laws based on the religious teachings of Islam
  7. 11. method of getting water to dry regions
  8. 12. sea that is so salty that swimmers can easily float
  9. 16. the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis
  10. 18. western extention of the Himalayas
  11. 19. capital city of Afghanistan
  12. 22. country that is suffering a brutal civil war between rebel group and military backed dictator
  13. 24. island divided culturally between Turks and Greeks
  14. 26. geographic feature that makes up large part of the Middle East
  15. 28. important and recognizable export of the region
  16. 30. capital city of Saudi Arabia
  17. 31. prophet of Islam
  18. 36. group of extreme muslims responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US
  19. 38. largest ethnic group of Afghanistan