Middle East Vocabulary

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  1. 1. Member of mainly pastoral Islamic people, want own country (Kurdistan)
  2. 7. Originally from Arabian Penninsula, most popular ethnic group within Middle East
  3. 12. Underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well
  4. 14. Increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a specific amount of time
  5. 20. Process of removing salt from salt water to make it usable and drinkable
  6. 25. Method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriclture.
  7. 26. Percentage of people over the age of 15 who can read and write in an area
  8. 27. Contamination of water bodies
  9. 29. Total Value of goods produced and services provided in a country in the period of one year
  10. 30. System of government which priests rule in the name of God.
  11. 31. To stop trade completely with a country
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  1. 2. Degree of wealth and comfort of materials available to a person or community
  2. 3. Where food is produced for sales in the market
  3. 4. Materials that can be used for economic gain
  4. 5. Runs through two countries Turkey and Iraq
  5. 6. Native or inhabitant of Persia
  6. 8. Form of energy generated by the conversion of free falling water to electricity
  7. 9. Type of government where a monarch becomes the monarch because they are related to the last monarch
  8. 10. When a farmer focuses on growing enough food for their family and themselves
  9. 11. Limit on imported goods
  10. 13. Waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea
  11. 15. People who share a common religious creed, beliefs, and practices or rituals.
  12. 16. Value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another
  13. 17. Community or population made of people who share a cultural background
  14. 18. Average amount of money a person makes in a country annually
  15. 19. Runs through three countries Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
  16. 21. Tax on imported goods
  17. 22. Key Water source for Israel Syria and Lebanon
  18. 23. Empire founded by Osman, greatest ruler was Suleyman
  19. 24. Liquid derived from petroleum used for fuel or lubricant
  20. 28. union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce.