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31 Cards in this Set
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Arabian peninsula
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Region of the world that has the largest sand desert in the world
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Persian gulf
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Body of water surrounded by the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Iraq
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Tigris river
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Euphrates tiver
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Euphrates tiver
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Oasis
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A wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface
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Euphrates tiver
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Oasis
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A wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface
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Wadis
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Dry steam beds
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Euphrates tiver
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Oasis
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A wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface
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Wadis
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Dry steam beds
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Fossil water
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Water that is not being replaced by rainfall
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Euphrates tiver
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River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and going the Tigris river
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Oasis
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A wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface
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Wadis
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Dry steam beds
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Fossil water
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Water that is not being replaced by rainfall
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Shia
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Branch of Islam in which they believe that only imams or people with education in it can teach.
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Sunni
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Branch of Islam anybody in the community can teach
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Sunni
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Branch of Islam anybody in the community can teach
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OPEC
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Organization of petroleum countries, an international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets by controlling the supply
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Embargo
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Limit on trade
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Embargo
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Limit on trade
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Baghdad
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Capital of iraq
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Shah
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King
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Shah
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King
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Revolution
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A drastic change in a country's government and way of life
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Shah
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King
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Revolution
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A drastic change in a country's government and way of life
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Tehran
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Capital of Iran
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Theocracy
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A government ruled by religious leaders
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