Vocab 1
too have too much of something
What is abundance
holy city of in Israel
What is Jerusalem?
a group advocating for governance by Islamic law that has controlled the Palestinian territory of Gaza
What is Hamas?
a war within a country
What is a civil war?
to have a shortage of something
What is scarcity?
government where people vote for their leaders
What is a democracy?
Sunni and Shiite are both __________
What are the two sects of Islam?
the protest movement that spread by social media across Northern Africa and Middle East
What is Arab Spring?
land between rivers in Iraq (Tigris and Euphrates)
What is Mesopotania? or What is the Fertile Cresent
The percentage of people who have the ability to read and write
What is literacy rate?
May 14th, 1948 it became a country
What is Israel?
government system ruled by religion
What is theocracy?
persecution against Jewish people
What is ant-Semitism
a wealthy city in United Arab Emirites (popular tourist destination)
What is Dubai?
What is GDP?
raw material used to produce oil
What is petroleum
the group responsible for 911
Who is Al-Queda?
What are two areas where Palestinians are living in SW Asia (w/ in Israel)
West Bank and Gaza Srip
what do we call religions that believes in one God
What is monotheism?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What is OPEC?
the process of removing salt from the ocean water to make it suitable for human use
What is desalination
the group currently ruling Afghanistan
Who are the Taliban?
this leader invaded Kuwait for control of oil
Who is Sadaam Husein?
a movement by Jewish people to their homeland
What is Zionism?
What do you call the land controlled by a foreign army, usually after a war or invasion
What are the occupied territories?