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30 Cards in this Set
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Diaspora |
scattering of Jews from ancient Israel |
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Damascus |
oldest continually inhabited city in the world |
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secular |
religion is kept out of government |
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West Bank |
largest and most important area in the Occupied Territories |
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phosphates |
mineral salts produced in Jordan, Syria, and Israel |
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asphalt |
dark, tar like material exported from the eastern Mediterranean |
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Jordan |
ruled by king Hussein from 1952-1999 |
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crusades |
series of European invasions to capture Jerusalem |
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Ankara |
capital of Turkey |
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Zionism |
movement that promotes the idea of a Jewish country or community in Palestine |
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desert |
Central Syria and lands farther south have a _____ climate. |
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Hafiz al-Assad |
led Syria's government and strengthened its military |
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Golan Heights |
an area on the Syrian border that was annexed |
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The Dead Sea |
quiet salty and is the lowest point on any continent |
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Turkey |
Cotton, sugar beets, grains, and hazelnuts are important crops for the country of _____. |
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Ottoman Empire |
Kemal Ataturk dissolved the ____ and created the country of Turkey. |
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Gaza Strip |
a small, crowded piece of coastal land occupied by Israel |
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Lebanon |
had a civil war from the 1970's to 1990's that damaged Beirut |
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Amman |
Jordan's only large city is ____, the capital. |
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Kemal Ataturk |
attempted to modernize Turkey |
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Euphrates River |
flows southeast and is fed runoff from Turkey's eastern mountains |
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Hebrew |
Arabic and ____ are Israel's official languages. |
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textiles |
Manufacturing ____ is Syria's most important industry. |
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dry |
Most climates in the eastern Mediterranean are ____. |
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Dardanelles |
The Bosporus, the _____, and the Sea of Marmara separate Asia from Europe. |
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Spain |
Turkey has not been invaded by ___. |
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Islam |
The major religion in Lebanon is ____. |
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Palestinians |
Since 1976 the majority of Jordanians have been _____. |
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nomadic |
Israel is not a small, ____ population. |
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Occupied Territories |
The _________ do not include the Jordan River valley. |
