Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Golan Heights ( Al Jawlan) | hilly plateau over looking the Jordan River & the sea of Galilee
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| Wadi | River beds that remain dry except during rainy seasons
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| Oasis | area in the desert where vegetation is found because water is available
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| Salt Flats | winds evaporate the moisture in the soil, chemical salts remain
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| Drip Irrigation | system uses small pipes that slowly drips water just above ground to conserve water used for crops
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| Desalinization | the removal of salt from ocean water
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| Fossil Water | water pumped from underground aquifers
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| Crude Oil | petroleum that has not been processed
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| Refinery | converts crude oil into useful products
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| Islam | monotheistic religion based on teachings of it's founder Muhammed
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| Muhammed | Islam founder, lived part of his life in the city of Mecca
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| Mosque | place of worship
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| Theocratic | religious leaders control the government
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| OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) | help members control worldwide oil prices
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| Zionism | a goal to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
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| PLO ( Palestine Liberation Organization) | formed to regain the land of Israel for Palestinian Arabs
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| Guest Workers | largely unskilled workers
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| Stateless Nation | nation of people without land to legally occupy
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| Palestinians | Arabs & their descendants who lived or still live in the area formally called the Palestine Mandate
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| Strategic Commodity | resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply
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| Human Resources | skills and talents of their people
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| Sunni | believe that Muhammad had no rightful heir and that a religious leader should be elected through a vote among the Islamic community's people
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| Shi'ite | believe that only Allah, the God of the Islam faith, can select religious leaders, and that therefore, all successors must be direct descendants of Muhammad's family
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| Kurds | member of a mainly pastoral Islamic people living in Kurdistan.
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| Bedouin | nomadic Arab of the desert
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