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- 2. a body of water that lies between Arabia and India; the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean
- 5. a descendant of the ancient Hebrews, the founders of the religion of Judaism; also, any person whose religion is Judaism
- 6. a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia
- 9. The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- 15. Jewish place of worship
- 16. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.
- 17. The holy book of Christianity
- 19. the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
- 20. A Muslim place of worship
- 21. Christian place of worship
- 22. a man made waterway that connects other bodies of water
- 23. Arabia largest Sunni Muslim power in Southwest Asia
- 26. the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia. These rivers would flood and provide silt that made the soil fertile, flowing from Turkey to Kuwait
- 30. the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel
- 31. process of removing salt from salt water
- 32. An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
- 33. a river that serves as a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan, flowing from the mountains of Lebanon with no outlet to the Mediterranean Sea
- 34. completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
- 35. Body of water between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that was a key source of trade between Africa and East Asia
- 36. a member of a Semitic people, originally from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring territories, inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa.
- 38. narrow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
- 39. group Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics
- 41. a follower of the religion of Islam
- 42. In Israel, a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River, originally controlled by Jordan, which is part of the land set aside for Arab Palestinians
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- 1. The holy book of Islam
- 3. group group of people who share the same belief system
- 4. A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
- 7. A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land
- 8. Turkish presidential republic in the northern Middle East and southern Europe
- 10. half of the earth
- 11. Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries, and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq.
- 12. resources Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
- 13. A territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula; part of the land set aside for Palestinians, which was occupied by Israel in 1967.
- 14. how population is spread out in an area
- 16. nation between Saudia Arabia and Iran, bordering the Persian Gulf
- 18. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
- 24. A way of supplying water to an area of land
- 25. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
- 27. a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Persia (or Iran), or a person of Persian descent.
- 28. one of the seven large landmasses on the earth
- 29. belief in one God
- 37. a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
- 40. largest Shia Muslim country in the world