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who came into being in 1948, when British left Palistine   Israel  
who's actions helped oil producing arab states become wealthy and powerful   Opecs  
Who has more oil reserve than any other country   Suadiia Arabia  
Nomadic Arabs called _____________ roamed these empty deserts in Middle East with heards of camels.   Beblians  
The population is growing in the Arab world-more than______ million people live in the region   180  
Their has been great gains in recent years in___________   literacy  
About ___________ of the Arab can read and write   half  
The most holy city   (blank)  
Jordan river is used for   main water supply for Israel & neighbors  
Islams are   Fundalmentalist, (strict law followers)  
Palestine is   Jews holy name  
Three of the world's great religions first took root in it   judism, christi. and Islam  
Mohammad was born in   Mecca in the 7th century  
In the middle ages, christians in europe launched the   crusades to take back the holy lands  
1187 the great Arab warrior Saladin recaptured the holy city of   Jerusalim and united most of the arab world  
1798 Napoleons french forces invaded   Egypt  
1956 Gamel Abdel Nasser took control of the_____________ from great Brittian   Suez canal  
Egypt signed agreements with Libya, Syria and Sudan to form a   United Arab republic  
The Arab nations have used their oil wealth to____________.   Industrialize  
In 1956, 1967, and _______ the Arab nations again fought Isreal in full scale wars   1975  
accordance with the camp David Accords, in 1979, Israel returned the ________ ___________ to Egypt   Sryria penins.  
PLO launched_____________ attacks against innocent Israeli citizens   terroist  
in 1964 some Palestinians formed the ______________________ ______________________ ______________ the PLO to fight aginst Israel   Palistianian Liberation organization  
People are holding on to   ancient traditions  
The arab world stretches________ miles from the coast of Northwest africa to the Indian ocean   4k  
Arabs speak   arabic  
How long did Ottoman turks rule the arab world   400  
Ayatollah khomeini came to power in a revolution in   1974  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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