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19 Cards in this Set
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Dardanelles |
body of water that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean Sea; part of the narrow waterway that separates Europe and Asia |
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Bosphorus |
body of water that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara; part of the narrow waterway that separates Europe and Asia |
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Jordan River |
river that begins in Syria and flows south through Israel and Jordan, finally emptying into the Dead Sea |
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Dead Sea |
lowest point on any continent and the world's saltiest body of water |
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Syrian Desert |
a desert of rock and gravel covering much of Syria and Jordan |
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Ankara |
the capital of Turkey |
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Istanbul |
Turkey's largest city |
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secular |
religion is kept separate from government |
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Diaspora |
the scattering of the Jewish population |
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Jerusalem |
the capital of Isreal |
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Zionism |
a movement that called for Jews to establish a Jewish state in Palestine |
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kosher |
the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws |
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kibbutz |
a large farm where people share everything in common |
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Gaza |
a small, crowded piece of coastal land disputed over by Jews and Arabs |
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West Bank |
a largely populated, rural piece of land disputed over by Jews and Arabs |
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Damascus |
the capital of Syria |
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Beirut |
the capital of Lebanon |
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Bedouins |
Arab - speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of Southwest Asia |
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Amman |
the capital of Jordan |
