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Holt World Geography
Chapter 17
Question | Answer |
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when religion is kept separate from government | secular |
the scattering of the Jewish population | Diaspora |
a nationalist movement calling for Jews to establish a Jewish state in their ancient homeland | Zionism |
proper in Hebrew, used to refer to Jewish dietary laws | kosher |
large farm where people share everything in common | kibbutz |
Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of Southwest Asia | Bedouins |
the capital and Jordan's largest city | Amman |
the capital of Lebanon | Beirut |
the capital of Syria | Damascus |
a small, crowded piece of coastal land where more than a million Palestinians live | Gaza |
capital of Turkey | Ankara renamed Istanbul |
a desert of rock and gravel covering much of Syria and Jordan | Syrian Desert |
a sea containing little life | Dead Sea |
a river that begins in Syria and flows south through Israel and Jordan emptying in the Dead Sea | Jordan River |