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Term | Definition |
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5 pillars of islam | public declaration of faith, pray 5 times towards mecca, giving to charity, pilgrimage to mecca, fasting during Ramadan |
religions which have holy sites in jerusalem | Christianity, Islam, judaism |
the 2 groups that claim Israel as their homeland | Israelis and Palestineans |
dictator | a single person which has unlimited government powers |
the holy book of the 3 main religions | Islamic: Koran/Quran, Jewish: TeNaKh/Torak, Christianity: Bible |
the god for the 3 main religions | Christianity: Yawk, Judaism: Adonal, |
middle east has a lot of it | oil |
middle east has very little of it | water |
tallest piont in africa | Mt. Kilimangaro |
longest river | Nile river |
largest lake | lake victoria |
climate of middle east | hot, dry, windy, arid |
desertification | sand spreading to places farther than the boundries of the desert |
causes of desertification | deforestation, overgrazing, overfarming, drought, erosion, climate |