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Holocaust
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systematic murder of more than 6 million european jews by Adolf Hitler and his followers during world war 2
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silt
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small particles of rich soil
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oasis
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green area in desert fed bu underground water
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monotheism
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belief in one god
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delta
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area formed from soil deposited by a river at it’s mouth
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islamic republic
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government run by Muslim religious leaders
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Hamid Karzai
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became the first elected president of Afghanistan in 2004
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cario
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capital of Egypt
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Taliban
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imposed strict islamic laws in afghan
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OPEC
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Organization of petroleum Exporting countries works to increase income form sale of oil
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Hindu Kush
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mt. range in afghan
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jerusalem
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capital of Israel
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sinai peninsula
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major crossroad OF LAND between africa and southwest asia
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mosque
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place of warship for followers of islam
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soviet union and who they controlled until 1989
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controlled afghan until peace agreement was reveled
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where do most palestinians live
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Israel isn ga strip & west bank
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persian gulf ware of 1991
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iraq invaded kuwait going for some stored oil and eventually pushed iraq soldiers out of kuwait
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what natural resources is found in large deposits in the middle east
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oil
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describe the relative location of Afghan
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near southwest asia west if pakistan + landlocked
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know the three main religions of the middle east
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judaism, Christianity and Muslim
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know how world oil prices are set
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opec controls how much oil is exported every year making it supply and demand for a high oil income
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describe the land of afghan
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land locked , covered with the high mt. range of Hindu Kush poor soil and deforested poor faming
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list three ways that the culture of North Africa and the Middles East was spread
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soldiers; scholars; merchants
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list two reasons why the middles east is considered the crossroads of the world
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acts as a land bridge; Mediterranean sea acts a trading route
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