Euphrates
blocks of rocks and soil
Plates
Willingness to take risk to start a business
Entrepreneurship
Dictator of Iraq from 1979 until he was overthrown by the U.S.
Saddam Hussain
Capital of Iraq
Bagdad
a culture that has a written language and many different types of jobs
Civilization
Considered the birthplace of civilization, where the garden of Eden once was
Mesopotamia
Fuel remains from living things thousands of years ago
Fossil Fuels
Majority
More than half
Muslim religious and political leader
Caliph
Mountain range located in northern Iraq
Zagros Mountains
means to struggle in Arabic
Jihad
Bagdad
Capital of Iraq
the removal of salt from sea water
Desalination
Kuwait City
Capital of Kuwait
– concealing baggy garments that women are expected to wear
Hijab
location of Saudi Arabia, Iraq Oman, Yeman and Kuwait
Arabian Peninsula
Islamic houses of worship
Mosque
Jihad
Means to struggle in Arabic
Where most people live in cities
Urbanized
Plates
Blocks of rock and soil
King of Saudi Arabian from 1932 to 1963
Ibn Sau
Capital of Kuwait
Kuwait City
ruling party of Iraq in which Saddam Hussein
Baath Party
Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
more than half
Majority