Unit Review 1
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Created by:
mattm3 on March 21, 2009
Subjects:
Geography, North Africa, Southwest Asia, Middle East
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Geography, North Africa, Southwest Asia, Middle East
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Zionists | created Jewish state of Israel |
| hajj | holy journey to Makkah |
| Ramadan | Muslim fasting month |
| Diaspora | scattering of Jews all over the world |
| Five Pillars of Islam | Muslim acts of worship |
| caliphs | Muslim leaders |
| Mesopotamia | located along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| David | created first Israelite kingdom |
| Muhammad | greatest prophet of Islam |
| Shia, Sunni, and Kurds | ethnic groups in Iraq |
| enclave | a small territory surrounded by a larger territory |
| kibbutz | farming settlement in Israel |
| nomads | people who travel across steppes to find food and water |
| Bosporus Strait | links the Mediterranean and Black Seas |
| trade sanctions | used to punish Libya for supporting terrorism |
| Khyber Pass | narrow gap in the Hindu Kush Mountains |
| refineries | facilities that turn petroleum into gasoline |
| Maghreb | "the land farther west" |
| Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan | Countries that make up the Caucasus Republics |
| Armenia | First country to make Christianity the official religion |
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