Middle East & North Africa Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Its king is named Abdullah II.
  2. 3. Like Afghanistan, this country is one of the poorest in the region
  3. 5. A big word for oil.
  4. 8. The country with the highest Human Development Index rating in the Middle East.
  5. 12. Headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
  6. 13. Unrefined oil, the way it comes out of the ground.
  7. 14. A group of countries that sell a lot of oil, for short.
  8. 15. The founder of the Muslim religion.
  9. 17. The Arab Spring started in this country.
Down
  1. 1. A resource that cannot be easily replaced is _____.
  2. 4. Iraq invaded this country in 1990, starting the Persian Gulf War.
  3. 6. Oil that has been found, but is still underground.
  4. 7. The amount of money a country makes, divided by its population.
  5. 9. The place where Muslims go to pray.
  6. 10. The series of protests that spread through the Arab world in 2011.
  7. 11. The country with the largest oil reserves.
  8. 16. Pilgrimage to Mecca, which every Muslim should take once in their life.