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50 Cards in this Set
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A country governed by religious law
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theocracy
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the belief in a single god
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monotheism
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an israeli collective farm
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kibbutz
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an indifference to or regection of religion
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secularism
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the tower of a mosque
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minaret
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the production of oil is the primary source of wealth for _____
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Saudi Arabia
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The first goal of Zionism was to
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establish a Jewish state in Palestine
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The center of the Ottoman Empire was located in
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Turkey
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Lebanon is unique in Southwest Asia because
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about one-fourth of its peopel are Christian
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In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by
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Iraq
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a person who follows islam
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Muslim
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the religion founded by the prophet muhammad
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islam
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the first major religion to center around the belief in a single god
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judaism
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indifference to or rejection of religion
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secularism
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the most widely-practiced religion in the western hemisphere
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christianity
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most of southwest asia has a
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desert climate
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streams that flow from hum environments across deserts into seas are called
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exotic rivers
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overgrazing in wetter regions of southwest asia has led to increased
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soil erosion
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southwest Asia's riches mineral resource is
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oil
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the ottoman empire collapsed at the end of
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World War I
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all originated
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in southwest Asia
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The Qur'an is
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Islams sacred book of writings
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Nearly all arabs are
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muslims
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bedouins are
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nomadic herders
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in 1948, the jewish state of israel was formed in
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Palestine
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marketplace
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suq
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israeli collective farm
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kibbutz
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the tower of a mosque
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minaret
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movement in favor of establishing a jewish state of palestine
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Zionism
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the persecution and killing of jews by nazi germany during world war II
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Holocaust
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Turkey is often described as a country of two
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peninsulas
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turkey became the first muslim country t begin recognizing
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women's rights
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since a revolution in the 1920's, Turkey has become
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a society that increasingly identifies with western ideas and modernization.
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the island of cyprus is currently divided into two regions inhabited by
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Turks and Greeks
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The dead sea is notable for its high concentration of
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salt
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israel's economy relies heavily on
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high-tech industries and tourism
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more than 80 percent of the people of israel are
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jewish
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a huge dam on the Euphrates River provides water to irrigate thousands of acres in
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Syria
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Christians make up one-fourth of the population of
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Lebanon
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Nearly a million Palestinians took refuge in Jordan when
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Israel was formed
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a country that is ruled by a muslim monarch
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sultanate
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outer boundary
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perimeter
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a religious journey
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pilgrimage
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a country governed by religious law
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theocracy
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unused, as croplands
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fallow
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due to centuries of irrigation, much of iraq's agricultural land has
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become too salty for most crop growth
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the pathans make up the largest ethnic group in
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Afghanistan
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nearly all of saudi arabia's income is provided by
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the sale of petroleum
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the shah was the political leader of
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iran
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The southwest Asian country that is located on the important strait of Bab al- Mandab is
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Yemen
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