The Eastern Mediterranean-Chapter 17

3. large farm where people share everything in common.
5. These travel through the waterway, which connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
6. Turkey's largest city.
7. arabic speaking nomads who live in the Southwest Asian Deserts.
9. Means "fit" in Hebrew.
13. A large peninsula in the Asian Part of Turkey is called this.
14. Much of Syria and Jordan are covered by this desert.
17. Capital of Jordan.
18. This river begins in Syria and flows south to Israel and Jordan.
19. The Eastern Mediterranean lies at the ________ of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
22. Ataturk moved the capital of Turkey to _______from Constantinople.
23. Israel has a prime minister and a parliament known as a _________.
25. The Syrian Deseret receives less than 5 inches of this on an annual basis.
26. The Capital of Syria.

1. Jerusalem is known to 3 world religions-Islam, Christianity, and ________.
2. larger than Gaza with a 2.4 million person population.
4. Capital of Lebanon
8. This means that religion is kept separate from government.
10. The dispersal of Jewish Population is known as this.
11. nationalist movement calling for Jews to establish a Jewish state in their homeland.
12. small, crowded piece of coastal land.
15. This sea contains very little life and is the lowest point on any continent.
16. The Crusaders captured this city in 1099.
20. The most valuable resource in the Eastern Mediterranean.
21. Dictator of Syria from 1971-2000.
24. One of Turkey's rich natural resources.