Chapter 18

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Yemen

BLANK is the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula

crade of civilization

Mesopotamia is also known as the BLANK

Sunni

Muslims who believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teachings; they make up 1 of the 2 main branches of Islam

Shia

Muslims who believe that true interpretation of Islamic teaching can only come from certain religious & political leaders called imams, they make up one of the 2 main branches of Islam

Arabian Peninsula

THE BLANK has the largest sand desert in the world

Shah

a Persian title that means "king"

Persian Gulf

a body of water located between the Arabian Peninsula and the Zagros Mountains in Iran; it has enormous oil deposits along its shores

wadi

a dry streambed

theocracy

a government ruled by religious leaders

embargo

a limit on trade

Tigris River

a major river in Southwest Asia; with the Euphrates River it defined the "land between the rivers" known as Mesopotamia

U.S. Embassy 50

a mob of students attacked the BLANK in Tehran and took more than BLANK American hostages

Euphrates River

a river in Southwest Asia

oasis

a wet, fertile area in a desert where a spring or well provides water

OPEC

an international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets by controlling the supply

president parliment

even though religious leaders control Iran, its government has an elected BLANK and BLANK

Saddam Hussein

in 1979, BLANK became Iraq's president

Kuwait

in 1990, Iraq invaded BLANK

1978

in BLANK Iranians began a revolution

Farsi

most of the people in Iraq speak BLANK

Muslims

nearly all Iraqis are BLANK

revolution

the 365 1/4 day trip Earth takes around the sun each year

7

the United Arab Emirates consists of BLANK tiny kingdoms

27

the average age in Iran is BLANK years old

Tehran

the capital of Iran

Baghdad

the capital of Iraq

Arabian Peninsula

the worlds largest peninsula; located in Southwest Asia

fossil water

water underground that is not being replaced by rainfall

shia sunni

what are the 2 main branches of Islam

oil water

what are the regions 2 most valuable resources

the leader of Iran

what is an ayatollah

Rub' al-Kahli in Saudi Arabia

what is the name of the worlds largest desert and where is it located

Arabic

what is the official language of Iraq

the Caspian Sea

what sea borders Iran to the North

monarchy

what type of government does Saudi Arabia have

Saudi Arabia

which is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula

Tigris and Euphrates

which rivers flow across a low flat plain in Iraq and join together before reaching the Persian Gulf


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