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middle east Asia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mosque | Place of worship for followers of Islam |
| migrate | to move from one place to another |
| secular | non religious |
| kibbutz | settlement in Israel where the people share properties and produce goods |
| moshav | settlement in Israel where the people properties but also have some private property |
| diaspora | collective name for scattered jewish settlement around in the world |
| Holocaust | systematic murder of more then 6 million European jews by Adolf Hitler and his followers during world war 2 |
| Monotheism | belief in on god |
| Bedouins | nomadic desert people of southwest Asia |
| Constitutional Monarchy | government in which a king or queen is the official head of state but elected officials run the government |
| wadi | dry riverbed filled by rain from rare downpours |
| oasis | green area in a desert fed by underground water |
| desalinization | process used to make sea water drinkable |
| hajj | religious journey to Makkah that Muslims are expected to make at least once during life time if they are able to do so |
| Alluvial Plain | area that is build up by rich fertile soil left by river floods |
| Embargo | order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country |
| shah | title given to kings who ruled Iran |
| Islamic Republic | government run by Muslim religious leader |
| 2 main rivers of Iraq | Tigris & Eurqhrates |
| Iraq's main export | oil |
| Iraq's former dictator | Saddam Hussein |
| Iraq's ethnic groups | Muslim Arabs & Kurds |
| Original name of Iran | Persia |
| Iran has a large supply of....... | oil |
| In 1979 Iran........ | Muslim leaders over threw monarchy |
| Iran is the world's largest producer of........ | pistachia |
| Afghanistan's main landform............. | Hindu Kush mountain range |
| Afghanistan is rich in....... but little........ | minerals but industry |
| Afghanistans 2 largest ethnic groups are......&......... | Pashtuns & Tajiks |
| Taliban ruled Afghanistan......... | harshly |
| What 2 mountain ranges does Iran have? | Elurz & Zagros Mountains |
| The..................was used as a major trade route through the mountains in Afghanistan | Khyber pass |
| Iraq's government is a............. | dictatorship |
| Iran's government is an................ | Islamic republic |
| Most of Iraq's people live in.........areas. | Urban |
| 1979-1988 Afghanistan's......................................................... | war with soviet union Afghanistan won |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | Leader of 1979 Iranian revolution |
| What is the largest lake in the middle east? | Lake Urmia |
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