Middle East and North Africa Scavenger Information

Terms	Definitions
Sahara Desert	Largest and harshest desert in North Africa
Saud	Ruling family in Saudi Arabia
Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel's largest manufacturing center
Muammar Al-Qaddhafi	Dictator of Libya
Marrakech and Casablanca	Significant cities in Morocco
64.1%	Percent of the world oil reserves in the Middle East
Nile River	Longest river in the world
Mosque	Muslim place of worship
Morocco	Country with a constitutional monarchy
Casbahs	Older areas in the city of Algiers
Bedouins	Nomadic desert peoples
Shahs	King in Iran
Atlas	Largest mountain chain in Africa
Muslims and Christians	Two groups who fought a civil war in Lebanon from 1975-1991
Taliban	Group that controlled the government in Afghanistan from 1989-2001
Kuwait	Country Iraq invaded in 1990
Turks-Ottomans	Group that conquered Constantinople ion the 1400's and changed its name to Istanbul
Suez Canal	Canal built in the mid-1860's that connected the Mediterranean Sean to the Red Sea
Bazaar	Marketplace in Egypt
France	Algeria was controlled by this European country from 1834-1962
Turkey	Middle Eastern country is actively seeking to become a member of the European Union
Beirut	City was called "Paris of the East" because of its elegant shops and sidewalk cafes
Kibbutz	A type of settlement in Israel in which people share all the property
Rub' al Khali	Largest and harshest desert in Southwest Asia; also known as the "Empty Quarter"
Caliph	A leader in the Muslim faith that was both a political and religious leader

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