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Draw the symbols of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
Star of David, Moon and Star, Cross
100
What river divides Israel and Jordan?
The Jordan River.
100
Where is more than half of the world's oil located?
The Middle East (Southwest Asia)
100
Small pipes slowly drip water just above ground.
Drip Irrigation.
100
What is necessary for large scale farming in this region?
Dams and irrigation.
200
What do we call belief in one god?
Monotheism.
200
What is Zionism?
19th-century movement for a Jewish homeland in Palestine .
200
Petroleum that has not been processed
Crude oil.
200
Removes salt from ocean water at treatment plants.
Desalination.
200
Mostly unskilled laborers; do jobs native peoples find unacceptable- outnumber native workers in some places
Guest Workers.
300
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Jesus.
300
What group uses politics, military to regain land in, and return refugees to, Israel?
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)
300
Place where crude oil is converted into useful products
Refinery.
300
Pumped from underground aquifers - water has been in aquifer for long periods of time.
Fossil Water.
300
Located between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Located in modern Iraq. This is the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamia.
400
Name an Islamic holiday or event.
Ramadan.
400
The holiest site in Jerusalem for Jews (Wailing Wall) - sole remainder of the Second Temple (destroyed by Romans in A.D. 70)
The Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
400
1960 - oil-producing nations formed economic group called _______.
OPEC
400
Where underground spring water supports vegetation.
Oasis.
400
(Arabian Peninsula) - 250,000 sq. miles & has dunes as high as 800 feet (10 yrs can pass without rain).
Rub al-Khali.
500
What is the holy book of Islam?
Koran or Qu'ran.
500
Land that Israel took from Syria. They send water from there to the Negev Desert.
Golan Heights.
500
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
500
The two most important rivers in the region.
Tigris & Euphrates.
500
A resource so important that countries will go to war over it.
Strategic commodity.