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social studies 5th
ch 4.3-4.4 voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| movement that urged jewish people from other countries to return to Israel | zionism |
| first prime minister of Israel | David Ben- Gurion |
| 1967 was in which Israel captured the east side of Jerusalem from the country of Jordan | Six-Day war |
| Israels's system of irrigation | National Water Carrie |
| parliament or legislature of Israel | Knesset |
| economic and cultural center of Israel | Tel Aviv |
| area of Israel where Jesus spent much of His earthly ministry | Galilee |
| narrow strip of land bordering Israel on the west and claimed by Israel's and Palastinians | Gaza Strip |
| area of Israels that includes the city of Jerusalem and is claimed by Israelis and Palestinians | West Bank |
| trees whose wood was treasured in the ancient world | Cedars of Lebanon |
| people who have left theri country becasue of hardships | refugees |
| Jordan's first king | Abjullah I |
| Middle Eastern waterway for internation shipping and trade | Persian Gulf |
| Iraq's former dictator who invaded Kuwait | Saddam Hussein |
| was fought to defeat Saddam Hussein's army and free Kuwait | Persian Gulf War |
| world's largest peninsula; home to the Arabic Countries | Arabian Peninsula |
| largest Middle Easterb country; largest producer and exporter of oil in the Middle East | Arab League |
| Saudi Arabian cities considered holy by Muslims | Mecca and Medina |
| name for the ruler of an emirate | Emir |
| traditonal Middle Eastern marketplace | Souk |
| 2020 peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Israel, recognizing Israel as an independent country | Abraham Accords |