| A | B |
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| Jordan River | source of fresh water for Israel |
| Dead Sea | fed by the Jordan River; contains no life except for a few kinds of microbes |
| Occupied Territories | Golan Heights, West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
| Judaism | religion of the Israelis |
| Islam | religion of the Palestinians |
| World War I | the Ottoman Empire was dismantled after this |
| Islam | the religion of the Ottomans |
| Golden Age of Islam | the peaceful period of learning in the Middle East |
| Christians and Mongols | ended the Golden Age of Islam by invading the Middle East |
| Anatolia | the ancient name of Turkey |
| Turks | another name for the Ottomans |
| sultan | a term for king |
| Janassaries | a group of soldiers loyal to the sultan; had great power |
| Suleiman | the greatest Ottoman ruler |
| Constantinople | the Christian name for Istanbul |
| Istanbul | the Muslims changed the name of Constantinople to this |
| Germany | the Ottomans were allies of this country in World War I |
| mandate | when an older country takes care of a region until a country can be formed |
| partition | to divide as in dividing a region |
| landforms and water | what the Europeans used to divide the Middle East after WWI |
| ethnic groups | what the Europeans should have used to divide the Middle East after WWI |
| gunpowder | the weapon that gave the Ottomans power when it was first used` |
| Istanbul | the city located on the continents of Asia and Europe |
| Diaspora | the migration of Jews |
| Zionism | the religous and cultural movement to create a homeland for Jews in Palestine |
| Semite | another name for Jew |
| anti-Semitic | against the Jews |
| Holocaust | the systematic extermination of the Jews during WWII |
| Palestinian | a person who wants an Arab homeland in Palestine |
| Balfour Declaration | the British written promise to help create a homeland in Palestine for the Jews |
| kibbutzim | small collective farms in Palestine that were created by the Jews |
| Palestinians | they did not like the Jews moving into Palestine |
| Exodus 1947 | a Jewish ship travelling to Palestine that was attacked by the British |
| United Nations | tried to settle the problem of the Jewish homeland by dividing the land |
| Arabs | didn't like the United Nations proposal of dividing Palestine |
| Superpowers (USA) | liked the United Nations proposal of dividing Palestine |
| land | what the Israeli wars were fought over |
| oil embargo | when the Arab nations stopped selling oil to the US in the 1970's |
| Camp David Accords | the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel |
| Jimmy Carter | the US president who helped Egypt and Israel sign a peace treaty |
| Menachem Begin | the Israeli Prime Minister who signed a peace treaty with Egypt |
| Anwar Sadat | the Egyptian president who signed a peace treaty with Israel |
| Palestinian Liberation Organization | wanted to gain a homeland for Palestinians |
| Yassar Arafat | the leader of the PLO |
| terrorists | how Israel views the PLO |
| Jerusalem | the city that many Jews, Muslims and Christians want to control |
