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world geography

chapter 22 vocab

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Mecca Holiest city of Islam
Bedouins Nomadic desert dwellers
Islam monotheistic religion
Monotheistic belief in 1 God
Muhammad founder, profit of Islam
five pillars basic duties of Islam
Allah a God that was founded by Muhammad
Mosque place of worship for Islam
Ramadan Islamic holy month
Theocratic a form of government that is religious
bazaars traditional marketplaces
ID al Fitr a festival, marks the end of Ramadan
Temple Mount housed earliest temples of the Jews
Western Wall the holiest wall
Dome of the Rock according to the Muslims/ where Muhammad rose from the dead, and Jews think thats where Abraham was going to sacrifice his son
Zionism goal to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine
PLO to regain the land for Palestinian Arabs
Maronite tradition Roman Catholics following Eastern orthodox practices
Kurds an ethic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied a portion of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran
Mesopotamia the "land between the rivers"
Sunni one of the 2 main branches, 83%
Shi Ite an after death branch, most Iranians are this
Taliban strict Muslim group that governs
Al Queda Terrorist group/network in Afghanistan
Saddam Hussein Iraq political leader, president of Iraq from 1979-2003
Osama Bin Laden leader of Al Queda
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