Middle East 1500-20th Century Part 1

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  1. 2. Some Middle Eastern nations have adopted Western forms of __________, or nonreligious, government and law, keeping religion and government separate.
  2. 3. People around the world supported a Jewish homeland because of Jewish suffering and loss in the ___________; the systematic genocide of about six million European Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
  3. 8. Ottoman General Suleiman was known to his people as
  4. 9. Ottoman law was based on
  5. 10. ____________ nations took advantage of stresses in the Muslim world through diplomacy, the threat of force, and economic investment.
  6. 13. The movement in the Middle East to unite all Arabs into one state.
  7. 15. The “Father of the Turks”, he passed many reforms to modernize, Westernize, and secularize Turkey.
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  1. 1. group of Arabs who lived or still live in the area formerly called Palestine
  2. 4. Government ruled by religious leaders
  3. 5. Jewish state established in 1948 by the United Nations.
  4. 6. In the Middle East, this led to Egypt’s independence, modernizing in Turkey and Persia, and conflict in Palestine.
  5. 7. One ____________ between the nations in the Middle East is the contrast between a mostly Muslim region and Jewish Israel.
  6. 9. This ruler of the Ottoman Empire ruled from 1520 to 1526, revised many law codes and continued the expansion of the Ottoman Empire throughout Asia and Europe; known by his people as “the Lawgiver”.
  7. 11. Formed in the 1960’s and led by Yasir Arafat, this group led the Palestinian struggle against Israel. (use abbreviation on crossword)
  8. 12. Which Middle Eastern nation, which also includes Islam's holiest city, has the world's largest reserves of oil?
  9. 14. Which term describes the Turkish peninsula between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?