Across
- 3. a member of the largest branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
- 4. organization that showed how oil could be a powerful weapon
- 7. Systme of government where powers are divided under strong central government and local counterpart
- 8. (Islam) a fast, held from sunrise to sunset, that is carried out during the ninth Islamic month
- 10. a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal; sometimes called a "holy war"
- 12. uprooted seven-hundred-thousand after they refused to recognize the jewish people as worthy to live, and wanted to destroy everyone living in Israel. Arabs are much better living in Israel than they are in their countries.
- 16. an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
- 18. Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.
- 19. Palestinian Liberation Organization: a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine
- 20. conservative muslims use this to cover their heads
Down
- 1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
- 2. a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
- 5. the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
- 6. These plants are used to turn salt water to drinkable fresh water
- 9. communities of people living together found in Israel and other middle-eastern countries
- 11. Divide a country for political and economic motives
- 13. a member of the smaller branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
- 14. A victim of war or conflict
- 15. (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
- 17. a group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996