Growing small amounts of crops to take care of personal or local needs.

Water that has been underground for centuries.

A country completely surrounded by land. No sea/ocean access.

Generating electricity from the energy of running water.

The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater.

OPEC

1. A small region of land on Israel’s eastern border. Mainly colonized by Arab Palestinians.

Transporting water to crops.

Lakes where water is stored.

1. Desert nomads who rely on animal herding and trading handmade goods with others.

Underground tunnels that bring water from hills to dry plains.

1. Method of irrigation which uses technology to measure how much water each plant is to receive.

1. A small strip of land located in southwest Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Layers of underground rock where water from rain and streams are trapped

Growing small amounts of crops to take care of personal or local needs

Shares a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature

A group of people who share a common culture.

Language spoken by Persians or Iranians

• An ethnic group that lives in the mountainous region 

where Syria, Turkey, 

Iran, and Iraq come 

together

• Muslims who see themselves closely following Muhammad’s example.

Make up about 85 percent of Muslims today.

• Muslims who believe that the leader of the Muslim community should come from a direct 

descendant of Muhammad