Chapter 17 Vocabulary - The Eastern Mediterranean

a disputed territory in eastern Israel

• Beirut

• Damascus

• Dardanelles

• West Bank

a narrow strait in Turkey that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Black Sea

• West Bank

• Dead Sea

• Jordan River

• Bosporus

a river between Israel and Jordan that empties into the Dead Sea

• Euphrates River

• Tigris River

• Jordan River

• Bosporus

the saltiest lake and lowest point on Earth; located on the border between Israel and Jordan and fed by the Jordan River

• Lake Baikal

• Jordan River

• Bosporus

• Dead Sea

a desert in Southwest Asia covering much of the Arabian Peninsula between the Mediterranean coast and the Euphrates River

• Diaspora

• Gaza

• Syrian

• Anman

the largest city in Turkey; formerly known as Constantinople

• Istanbul

• Jerusalem

• Beirut

• Gaza

the capital of Jordan

• Ankara

• Jerusalem

• Amman

• Istanbul

the separation of religion and government

• kosher

• secular

• kibbutz

• Zionism

the scattering of the Jewish population outside of Israel

• kibbutz

• Bedouins

• Zionism

• diaspora

the capital of Israel; it contains holy sites of Judaism

• Ankara

• Jerusalem

• Amman

• Istanbul