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15 Cards in this Set
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Peninsula |
a portion of land nearly surrounded by water |
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Arid |
Excessively dry |
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Dune |
A mound or ridge of sand formed by the wind
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Monsoon |
a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in the summer and cooler, dry air from inland in the winter
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Simooms |
a hot, dry, suffocating wind that blows from time to time in the Arabian Peninsula
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Shamal |
A northwesternly wind in the Persian Gulf area |
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Sheikdoms |
Territory ruled by an Arab tribal leader |
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Sunni |
a branch of Islam that regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors |
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Shia |
A branch of Islam that regards Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and the imams as his rightful successors
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Ibadhism |
a conservative form of Islam distinct from Sunni and the Shia sects
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Shari'ah |
Islamic law derived from the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad
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Hajj |
in Islam, the yearly pilgramage to Makkah that Muslims must make at least once in a lifetime
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Choke Point |
A straight, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water |
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Geopolitics |
Government policy as it is influenced by physical, human, and economic geography
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Desalination |
the removal of salt from the seawater or from brackish groundwater to make it usable for drinking and irrigation |
