Week 2 G5 Vocabulary Terms

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Across
  1. 7. narrow water passage connecting the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
  2. 9. major tranding route; key link to the Indian Ocean
  3. 10. connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
  4. 11. largest country in the Middle East; west of Iraq; major oil reserves; location of Mecca
  5. 13. border between Israel and Jordan; flows into the Red Sea
  6. 14. eastern 'twin river'; starts in Turkey; flows through Iraq to the Persian Gulf
  7. 16. body of water; separates Saudi Arabia and Iran; surrounded by oil
  8. 18. western 'twin river'; starts in Turkey; flows through Iraq to the Persian Gulf
Down
  1. 1. small country south between Iraq and the Persian Gulf; major oil reserves
  2. 2. western side of the Jordan River; territory occupied by displaced Palestinians
  3. 3. narrow strip of land between Israel and Egypt; frequent conflicts; territory occupied by displaced Palestinians
  4. 4. created by Britain and France after WWI as part of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
  5. 5. land locked country east of Iran
  6. 6. between Saudi Arabia and Iran; the Twin Rivers run through to the Persian Gulf
  7. 8. separates Africa and Saudi Arabia; connects to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal
  8. 12. west of Afghanistan; east of the Persain Gulf; frequent conflict with US
  9. 15. bordered by Iran in the east, Iraq and Syria to the south; head waters of the Twin Rivers
  10. 17. between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan; homeland of the Jews