Glossary Terms
History
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An organization with the purpose of creating an independent state of Palestine.
What is the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
100
1922
When was the fall of the ottoman empire?
100
They wear a Thawb and the Shumagh
What do men in Saudi Arabia wear?
100
2 years ago.
When did the Syrian Civil War begin?
100
May 29th, 1964
When was the PLO created?
200
A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of its founder, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
What is Islam?
200
613 A.D.
When did the Prophet start preaching Islam?
200
Where Muslims all over the world come to just to pray, because Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammed(SAW) rose into heaven, but Jews believe else.
What is The Dome Of the Rock?
200
Muammar Gaddafi lost control of Libya's oil fields.
Why did the Saudi state oil company increase their prices?
200
ICNA convention in Chicago
Where is the dabke performed?
300
Where Muslims worship.
What is a mosque?
300
Invaded and occupied it in 1990
What did Iraq do to Kuwait?
300
Dark coffee
What is Turkish coffee?
300
The shutdown of the Libyan production as well as fears that unrest might spread to Saudi Arabia itself.
Why did oil prices rise in Saudi Arabia?
300
Saudi Arabia
What is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula and in the Southwest Asia region?
400
Found in Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem
Where are the most sacred mosques found?
400
1933
When was a peace treaty between Israel and the PLO provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area?
400
When houses were built with a dirt roof and it was required to stomp on the dirt to compact it evenly.
How did the dabke originate?
400
U.N. cultural agency.
What is Unesco?
400
5
How many times do Muslims pray everyday?
500
OPEC
What controls worldwide oil prices by adjusting oil prices and production quotas?
500
After the ceasefire of 1949
When did Jerusalem become a part of Jordan?
500
Ala Dalouna على دلعون, roughly translated into “lets go and help”
What song was developed from the dabke?
500
A Saudi blogger who runs the Riyadh Bureau site
Who is Ahmed Omran
500
Ahmed Shukairy, a lawyer from Haifa.
Who was the leader of the PLO?
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