Across
- 3. democracy where parliament choses the government
- 4. self-governing religious communities
- 7. government controlled by one person who was not elected
- 11. limit the power of the ruler with a constitution
- 13. group of hired government officials
- 15. movement to create a Jewish homeland
- 18. ruler controls the government alone
- 21. discrimination against Jews
- 23. word in Arabic meaning "struggle"
- 24. belief that politics and society should follow Islamic teachings
- 25. images considered sacred by believers
- 26. religious leaders
- 27. leader chosen by god
- 30. self-rule
- 31. messenger of god
- 32. Muslim political and religious leader
- 34. system of beliefs about what is right or wrong
- 35. agreement
- 36. culture with a written language and different jobs
- 37. holy book of Islam
- 38. dry area that forms between a highland that captures moisture
Down
- 1. Persian word for King
- 2. remains of living things
- 5. tunnels that move water to irrigate fields
- 6. belief that holy books should be taken literally
- 8. father son and holy spirit in Christianity
- 9. dry winds in Iran that blow from northwest to southeast
- 10. blocks of rock and soil
- 12. religious wars between Muslims and Christians
- 14. Islamic houses of worship
- 16. removal of salt from seawater
- 17. Iranian religion
- 19. underground layers of rock where water collects
- 20. religion with only one god
- 22. educated people leading an area
- 26. military overthrow of a government
- 28. Persian governor
- 29. region from Mediterranean coast to Persian Gulf
- 33. ruler is related to the previous monarch