21-23 Vocab

Question 0

Wadi

Answer 0

A riverbed that stays dry except in rainy seasons

Question 1

Golan Heights

Answer 1

A hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, strategic location that has hosted conflicts in Southwest Asia for decades

Question 2

Salt flat

Answer 2

A flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate into the soil

Question 3

Oasis

Answer 3

An area in a desert where there is vegetation from water, generally underground springs

Question 4

Rub al Khalil/ empty quarter

Answer 4

Largest desert, in arabian peninsula, 250,000 miles

Question 5

Drip irritation

Answer 5

The practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water use of crops

Question 6

Desalinization

Answer 6

Removal of salt from ocean water

Question 7

Fossil water

Answer 7

Water pumped from underground aquifiers

Question 8

Crude oil

Answer 8

Unprocessed petroleum

Question 9

Refinery

Answer 9

A place where crude oil is turned into useful products

Question 10

Mecca

Answer 10

Islamic holy city, Muslims make pilgramiges to fill religious duties

Question 11

Mosque

Answer 11

Islamic house of worship

Question 12

Theocracy

Answer 12

A form of government in which religious leaders control government, enforce religious law, and consult religious scholars

Question 13

OPEC

Answer 13

The Organization of Petroleum Export Companies. Founded in 1960, made fixed prices and coordinated production of oil.

Question 14

Western Wall

Answer 14

Most religious site in Jerusalem for Jews . Only remain part of the second temple

Question 15

Dome of the Rock

Answer 15

A shrine in Jerusalem, where Muhammad rose into heaven

Question 16

Zionism

Answer 16

A movement that began in 19th century, when Jews wanted to reestablish their homeland

Question 17

PLO

Answer 17

A group formed to regain arab land in Israel for Palestinian

Question 18

Kurds

Answer 18

An ethnic group in southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan, Located in turkey, Iraq, Iran, for about a thousand years. They have been in conflict over land for the 20th century.

Question 19

Mesopotamia

Answer 19

A region in southwest Asia between Tigris and Euphrates river. Part of the cultural hearth known as Fertile Crescent

Question 20

Sunni

Answer 20

One of the two main branches of Islam, 83% of Muslims are.

Question 21

Shi’ite

Answer 21

One of the two main branches of Islam. Mostly Iranian

Question 22

Taliban

Answer 22

A strict Muslim group that has imposed rigid rules on society

Question 23

Stateless nation

Answer 23

A nation with no territory to legally occupy

Question 24

Palestinians

Answer 24

A displaced group of Arabs who lived in Palestine now current day Israel

Question 25

West Bank

Answer 25

In Israel, a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan river. Originally part of Jordan, set aside for Palestinian Arabs

Question 26

Strategic commodity

Answer 26

A resource so important nations will go to war over it.

Question 27

Human resources

Answer 27

The skills and talents of employed people

Question 28

Pesident of Syria

Answer 28

Bashar al Assad- Alawite

Question 29

FSA

Answer 29

Free Syrian Army- Defects from Bashar's army, now they are the rebels.

Question 30

Jabhat al-Nusra

Answer 30

claimed responsibility for suicide bombings on Syrian government targets, raising fears of growing Islamic extremism among the opposition

Question 31

Hezbollah

Answer 31

Members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon, and pledged that his group will not allow Syrian militants to control areas that border Lebanon.

Question 32

Riad Hijab

Answer 32

Assad's prime minister, has been the most prominent political member of the regime to defect.

Question 33

Mohammed Badie

Answer 33

Leader of the Muslim brotherhood