nomadic people who traditionally live in the desert.

a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad.

the founder and prophet of Islam.

the core duties Muslims follow (faith, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage).

a holy month when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.

a government run by religious leaders.

a group of oil‑producing countries that work together to influence global oil prices.

the festival that celebrates the end of Ramadan.

the site where the earliest Jewish temples once stood.

the holiest place for Jews in Jerusalem; the last remaining part of the Second Temple, destroyed in A.D. 70.

a shrine in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount, which houses the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven and where Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God.

a movement in 19th cent. to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Palestinian liberation organization

a group formed in 1960’s to regain the Arab land in Israel for Palest. Arabs.

Roman Catholics following Eastern Orthodox practices.

ethnic group in SW Asia that has occupied Kurdistan, located in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for about a thousand years.

“Land between the rivers”; region in SW Asia between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, which was the location of some of world’s earliest civ’s; part of cultural hearth, the Fertile Crescent.

one of 2 main branches of Islam, comprising about 83% of Muslims.

one of the 2 main branches of Muslims (Islam) including most Iranians and some pop. of Iraq and Afghanistan.

strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society.

terrorist network formed by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.

founder of al‑Qaeda, terrorist groups.

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Question	Answer
mecca	the holiest city in Islam.
Bedouins	nomadic people who traditionally live in the desert.
Islam	a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad.
monotheistic	believing in one God.
Muhammed	the founder and prophet of Islam.
five pillars	the core duties Muslims follow (faith, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage).
Allah	the Islamic word for God.
mosque	a place where Muslims worship.
Ramadan	a holy month when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
theocratic	a government run by religious leaders.
OPEC	a group of oil‑producing countries that work together to influence global oil prices.
bazaars	traditional marketplaces.
'id al-Fitr	the festival that celebrates the end of Ramadan.
Temple Mount	the site where the earliest Jewish temples once stood.
Western wall	the holiest place for Jews in Jerusalem; the last remaining part of the Second Temple, destroyed in A.D. 70.
Dome of the rock	a shrine in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount, which houses the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven and where Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God.
Zionism	a movement in 19th cent. to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Palestinian liberation organization	a group formed in 1960’s to regain the Arab land in Israel for Palest. Arabs.
Maronite tradition	Roman Catholics following Eastern Orthodox practices.
Kurds	ethnic group in SW Asia that has occupied Kurdistan, located in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for about a thousand years.
mesopotamia	“Land between the rivers”; region in SW Asia between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, which was the location of some of world’s earliest civ’s; part of cultural hearth, the Fertile Crescent.
Sunni	one of 2 main branches of Islam, comprising about 83% of Muslims.
Shi'ite	one of the 2 main branches of Muslims (Islam) including most Iranians and some pop. of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Taliban	strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society.
al-Qaeda	terrorist network formed by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Saddam Husein	leader of Iraq.
Osama bin laden	founder of al‑Qaeda, terrorist groups.

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