Chapter 23

5. __________ of the Kingdom of Jordan gave a speech on the role of women in Southwest Asian economies.
7. a muslim holy site, called Temple Mount by the Jews
9. a __________ agency has control of all holy sites
11. a nation of people without a land to legally occupy
14. Palestinians live in ___________ in Israel
16. largely unskilled laborers
18. this country has establsihed free education for all children through the university level
19. stands for united arab emirates

1. ethnic group that resisted control of many different countries and became a stateless nation
2. many countries in Southwest Asia grew enormously wealthy from ________
3. the skills and talents of people
4. a territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula
6. both the Israelis and the Palestinians claim _________ as the capital of their nation
8. _________ refugee camps for Arab Palestinians were established in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
10. an area of land formally known as Palestine
11. a resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply
12. revived its copper industry and chromium mines.
13. a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River
15. they are the Arabs and their descendents who lived or still live in the area formally called Palestine, now called Israel
17. the worlds __________ rise and fall unpredictably