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Middle East Vocab
Vocabulary 7th grade SS unit 1 SW Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antisemitism | hatred of Jews simply because they practice the Jewish faith |
| apartheid | the legal separation of the races |
| Arab | a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East |
| Christianity | the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God |
| ethnic group | a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations |
| famine | extreme and general scarcity of food |
| Five Pillars of Islam | five things Muslims must do in their practice of Islam, during their lifetime |
| Gaza Strip | a coastal region at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea bordering Israel and Egypt |
| Islam | religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad |
| Israel | a republic in South West Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea, created in 1948 by the United Nations as a home to the Jewish people of the world |
| Judaism | a religious group of Jews who believe in one God |
| Kurds | a distinct ethnic group that lives in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together |
| Muhammad | an Arab prophet who founded Islam |
| Muslim | a name given to the followers of the Islam religion |
| Muslim League | a group organized in 1855 in an effort to put more power into the hands of Indians |
| oil (petroleum) | one of the most important and valuable fossil fuels; abundant in Southwest Asia |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries founded to set oil prices and policies |
| Operation Desert Storm | another name for the Persian Gulf War |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom | an invasion led by the United States in 2003 to stop the development of nuclear weapons by Iraq |
| Ottoman Empire | an empire that controlled much of the Middle East from 1300's until the end of World War I |
| Persian Gulf | one of the main shipping routes for oil to be shipped out from the rich fields of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other countries that line its shores |
| Persian Gulf War | a military force used to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in 1991; also called Operation Desert Storm |
| Persians | people who live in the modern country of Iran |
| qanats | underground tunnels in Southwest Asia bring water from the hills to dry plains |
| Quran | the holy book of the Islam religion |
| refugees | people who have to leave their homes as the result of war |
| religious group | a group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature |
| Sahel | a dry semi-arid region south of the Sahara Desert it serves as a transition region between the harsh desert to the north and the grasslands and rain forest to the south and stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea |
| Shia Muslims | the second largest denomination of Islam |
| Strait of Hormuz | a very narrow waterway in which ships must navigate to and from the Persian Gulf |
| Suez Canal | a canal in Egypt that allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without the need of traveling around the southern tip of Africa |
| Sunni Muslims | the largest denomination of Islam |
| Taliban | a radical Muslim government of Afghanistan |
| United Nations | an international organization formed after World War II whose aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law and international security |
| water pollution | contamination of water supplies due to chemicals, fertilizers, sewage, and other garbage |
| Zionists | a group who felt the world's Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion |
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