Conflicts in Southwest Asia
A region controlled by a caliph, or an Islamic religious and political leader.
What is caliphate?
removal of salt from seawater
What is desalination?
group of people who share a distinct culture, language and identity.
What is ethnic group?
the deliberate extermination of an ethnic, racial, or religious group.
What is genocide?
A Palestinian campaign of violent resistance against Israeli control
What is Intifada?
place in the desert where water can be found.
What is oasis?
belief that holy books should be taken literal, word for word.
What is funda mentalism?
The mass murder of six million Jews by Nazis during World War II.
What is a Holocaust?
A place in the West Bank or Gaza where Israelis have settled.
What is Israeli settlement?
money or goods that are used to make products.
What is capital?
Veil that covers the head and chest.
What is hijab?
A weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon intended to kill or harm on a large scale.
What is WMD?
Civil war broke out between different ethnic and religious group.
What happened in Iraq most immediately after Saddam Hussein was removed from power?
Consequence of Osman's effort led to the spread Islamic culture and trade.
What was a major impact of the Ottoman Empire?
belief that government and society should reflect Islamic law.
What is Islamism?
A movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in the Jews' ancient homeland of Palestine.
What is Zionism?
The Islamic State, or ISIS
Which terrorist group has been a major force in the conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen?
farming mainly to feed the farmer's family with little left over to send to market.
What is subsistence farming?
Abraham as an originator of culture.
Who is considered the father of the Jewish people according to the Torah?
The rise of a Shia Islamic government in 1979.
What was the outcome of the Iranian Revolution?