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Israel capital
Jerusalem
Syria capital
Damascus
Afagan capital
Kabul
Jordan capital
Amman
Iraq capital
Baghdad
Turkey capital
Ankara
20% of turkey’s people
The Kurds
Majority of turkey peoples
Are Muslims
Turkey Official language
Turkish but Kurdish and Arabic is often spoken
Desert people in Syria
Are called bedouins
Paris of the Middle East
Beirut
Istanbul
The only city located on two countries- Asia and Europe. Once called Byzantium and Constantinople
Where does Jordan get her water from?
The Jordan river valley
Where is the Dead Sea?
Between Israel and Jordan and is the saltiest body of water ever and lowest elevation
Desert in south Israel
Negev
Israel produce
Citrus fruits
Holocaust
Mass imprisonment and slaughter of European Jews
Cause for spike in Israel’s people
The law of return
20% of Israelis are
Palestinians (mostly Muslim but can be Christian)
90% of Israel people live in
Urban areas
Israel’s government
Knesset
Main desert in Saudi Arabia
Rub’ al Khali
What are wadis
Dry riverbeds filled by rainwater from downpours(rare)
Saudi Arabias main export
Oil
What is a caliph
Political and religious leaders that once existed in Saudi Arabia
Family that rules Saudi Arabia
The saud family
Persian gulf states
Kuwait Bahrain qatar and United Arab Emirates
Oman
is mostly desert
Main export: dates bananas camels cattle and oil
Yemens economy
Little oil and mostly herds sheep and cattle
Alluvial plain
Area built up by fertile soil left by river floods
Iraqs old dictator
Suddam Hussein
Embargo
Order that restricts trade on another country
Who invade Iraq in 2003
United States and British forces
Who did Iraq invade in 1990
Kuwait, it was a dispute over oil
Mountains in Iran
Elbrus and Zagros
Who once ruled Iran
Shahs, or powerful Persian empire kings
Irans government
Islamic republic
Afghan ethic groups
Tajiks and Pashtuns
Taliban
Group of fighters educated in Islamic schools in Pakistan. They have very strict laws based on their view of Islam
