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The Eastern Mediterranean
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Istanbul | Turkey's largest city |
| secular | religion is kept separate from government |
| Diaspora | dispersal of the Jewish population |
| Zionism | a nationalist movement in the late 1800s calling for Jews to establish a Jewish state in their homeland |
| kosher | Hebrew for "fit" and means food used is allowed under Jewish law |
| kibbutz | a large farm where people share everything in common |
| Gaza | small, crowded piece of land under Palestinian control located on the Mediterranean coast |
| West Bank | a territory under Israeli control with a population of 2.4 million |
| East Jerusalem | a city with holy sites to three religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam |
| Bedouins | Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of Southwest Asia |