Chapter 16 Vocab (Mid East: Saudi Arabia)
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- mosque
- Muslim place of worship
- migrated
- moved
- potash
- a type of mineral salt
- phosphate
- a mineral used in making fertilizer
- monotheism
- a belief in one god
- Holocaust
- the systematic murder of millions of Jews.
- Bedouin
- people who move through deserts
- civil war
- conflict among many different groups within a country
- constitutional monarchy
- a form of government in which the monarch shares power with elected officials
- oasis
- lush green places in dry areas that have enough water for crops to grow
- hajj
- a relgious journey to Makkah,at least once
- alluvial plain
- the plain between rivers
- shah
- Kings in Iran
- ethnic group
- groups that share a common language, religion, and culture.