← Middle East Vocabulary Terms Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All Revolution the successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force Muslims someone who believes in Islam and lives according to its rules Arab are people who speak Arabic and who come from the Middle East and parts of North Africa Modernization the process of replacing old equipment or methods with new ones Autocracy control of the goverenment by one person who has complete power Proliferation the process of increasing in number very quickly, especially the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the region Secular things that have no connection with religion Fundamentalism the belief in the original form of a religion or theory, without accepting any later or modern ideas Extremism is the behaviour or beliefs of extremists, someone willing to use extreme tactics to get what they want Monotheism the belief in one god Judaism the religion of the Jewish people. It is based on the Old Testament of the Bible and the Talmud Infrastructure the basic facilities such as transport, communications, power supplies, and buildings, which enable a country to function Diffusion the process of making something (idea, belief, etc.) known over a wide area or to a lot of people Urbanization the process of people moving from rural areas to cities