Across
- 1. heavy shipping traffic takes place here
- 5. Kurds did not get their own territory
- 8. belief in the same God (or Gods)
- 9. country that is 25 miles long and 4-5 miles wide
- 14. small land area within Israel
- 15. majority live in Iran and are Shia Muslims
- 17. hatred of Jews
- 21. 2nd largest denomination of Islam
- 22. joins the Tigris river
- 23. has a Messiah/Savior
- 25. main source of water for Israel, Jordan, parts of Syria, and others
- 27. movement for the world's Jews to return to a homeland in Zion
- 29. followers are called Muslim
- 30. begins in Turkey and flows south through Iraq
Down
- 2. group of peopole who share common culture
- 3. Palestinians refused to recognize Israel as a nation
- 4. in 1948, the UN partitioned Palestinians and Jews into this country
- 6. Hussein was captured, tried, and executed
- 7. over 6 million Jews were murdered by Hitler's Germany
- 10. located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
- 11. Orginazation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 12. largest denomination of Islam
- 13. located at one end of the Persian Gulf
- 16. U.S. invaded Afhanistan
- 18. connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
- 19. Operation Desert Storm
- 20. majority found in Southwest Asia and Northern Africa
- 24. located north of the Indian Ocean
- 26. followers are called Jews
- 28. most live in the mountains of Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq