Golan Heights wadi Tigris River Euphrates River Jordan River Dead ...

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Golan Heights wadi
Tigris River Euphrates River
Jordan River Dead Sea
Rub al-Khali oasis
salt flat drip irrigation
desalinization fossil water

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riverbeds that remain dry except during the
rainy season
p 488
one of the rivers that supported ancient river
valley civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. It
flows through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq and
provides fertile valleys good for agriculture
p 489
a landlocked salt lake, into which the Jordan
River flows. It is the lowest place on earth, at
1349 feet below sea level.
p 489
an area of the desert where vegetation may
be found because underground water is
available
p 492
the practice of using small pipes that slowly
drip water just above ground to conserve
water used for crops.
p 496
water pumped from underground aquifers,
which has little chance of being replaced
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hilly plateau whose strategic location has
made it a site of conflict. Israel and Syria
fought over this landform in 1967.
p 487
one of the rivers that supported ancient river
valley civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. It
flows through Turkey and Iraq and provides
fertile valleys good for agriculture
p 489
river that starts in Lebanon, and forms the
boundary between Israel and Jordan,
providing water to the area.
p 489
vast desert on the Arabian peninsula, also
known as the “Empty Quarter”
p 491
flat land made of chemical salts that remain
after winds evaporate the moisture in the
soil
p 492
removal of salt from ocean water
p 496

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crude oil refinery
Mecca Islam
Muhammed mosque
theocratic OPEC
Western Wall Dome of the Rock
Zionism
Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO)

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plant where crude oil is converted into useful
products
p 497
monotheistic religion based on the teachings
of Muhammed
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place of Muslim worship
p 504
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries
p 505
Holy site in Jerusalem to both Jews and
Muslims. It is the site where Muslims believe
Muhammed rose into heaven. Jews believe
it is the site where Abraham prepared to
sacrifice his son Isaac to God.
formed to regain Israeli land for the
Palestinian Arabs
p 513
petroleum that has not been processed
p 497
holiest city of Islam, to which Muslims make
a pilgrimage called Hajj
p 503
founder and prophet of Islam, who lived in
Mecca in 600s
p 503
government in which religious leaders have
control
p 504
Jewish holy site in Jerusalem. It is the only
remaining piece of the Second Temple
destroyed in 70 A.D. by the Romans.
a movement whose goal is to create and
support a Jewish homeland in Palestine
p 511

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Kurds Mesopotamia
Sunni Shi’ite
Taliban guest workers
stateless nation Palestinians
West Bank Gaza Strip
strategic commodity human resources

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ancient “land between the [Tigris and
Euphrates] rivers” where early civilizations
such as Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria and
Chaldea developed
p 516
one of two main branches of Islam, including
most Iranians, and also some Iraqis and
Afghans
p 517
unskilled immigrant laborers, who take jobs
that the native peoples find culturally or
economically unacceptable
p 525
Arabs who have been displaced in Israel
p 527
territory along the Mediterranean Sea
northeast of the Sinai Peninsula, occupied
by Israel since 1967
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skills and talents of people
p 531
ethnic group in Southwestern Asia; the
group is divided into Turkey, Iraq and Iran
one of two main branches of Islam - 83% of
Muslims
p 517
fundamentalist Muslim political group
p 519
Kurds - nation of people without a land to
legally occupy
p 526
strip of land on the west side of the Jordan
River, lost to Israel in 1967 war
p 527
oil is a resource so important that nations
will go to war to ensure its steady supply
p 529