Across
- 3. people originally from the Arabian Peninsula
- 4. region we are talking about
- 6. Title of Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the new Iran
- 8. country invaded by the United States in 2003
- 13. Name of the Ayatollah who led the Iranian Revolution
- 15. group that attacked Israel setting up the current conflict in Israel/Gaza Strip
- 16. government where king/queen has total power
- 19. muslims who believe leaders should be the most qualified
- 20. religion that the governments of Iran and Afghanistan are based off of
- 21. group locked in conflict with Israelis over control of land
- 24. muslims who believe leaders should be descendants of Muhammad
- 25. group that controls Afghanistan currently
- 26. Ethnicity of people from Iran (former name of country)
- 27. another continent containing the region we are talking about
- 30. religion that Iran and Afghanistan base their government off of
Down
- 1. kind of government that joins together smaller governments
- 2. American President during the Iranian Hostage Crisis
- 5. one person that is not a monarch has total control
- 7. country that America came into conflict with in 2001
- 9. one continent containing the region we are talking about
- 10. government where king/queen
- 11. religion that has the symbol on the Israeli flag
- 12. Government ruled directly by the people
- 14. country formed for displaced jewish people after the Holocaust
- 17. Government based on religion
- 18. event in Europe that led to the death of 6 millions Jewish people during WWII
- 22. what Iran called their kings
- 23. executed in 2006 for crimes against humanity
- 28. A representative democracy where people freely choose their leaders that will represent them in government
- 29. country that had a revolution in 1979 and took Americans hostage