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Social Studies 14
North Africa & Southwest Asia: Culture, Government, Economics
| totalitarianism | relating to government ruled by a dictator that requires complete obedience to the state |
| self-rule | the government of a country by its own people |
| mosque | a Muslim place of worship |
| sheikh | an Arab leader |
| guest workers | a temporary laborer who migrates to work in another country |
| coalition | an alliance |
| sprawl | to spread out |
| emirates | a state in the country of the United Arab Emirates |
| hereditary | passed on through the family |
| strait | a narrow waterway that connects two bodies of water |