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World Geography Persian Gulf
Chaper 23 Saudi Arabia, Iran and more
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Geography
10th Grade
03/04/2010

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Riyadh
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largest city in Saudi Arabia
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Religions that began in Middle East
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Christianity, Islam, Judism
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Before the Arabian Sea enters the gulf it passes through
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Gulf of Omen
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Caliphs
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Sunni religion followers
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Muslim religion was spread by
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Arabs
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Shah
Definition
hereditary leaders
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Lowest Literacy Rate
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Yemen
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Ibn-Saud
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conquered the desert tribes of Arabia
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Porteguese
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forced out by Omen in 1650
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Koran
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Muslim holy book
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Mecca
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Birthplace of Muhammed
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Sultinate
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Omens government
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OPEC
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controls production of oil
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desalizination
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removal of salt from salt water
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Mosque
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Muslim holy building
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bedovins
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desert nomads in Arabia
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Yemen
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Use to be run by communist
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Sharia
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ancient relgious laws in Iran
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Hussein
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Ordered massive attack on Iran in 1980
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Arabian Peninsula
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Qutar
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Elburz Mountains
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Irans northern border
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Mesopetamia
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"land between the rivers"
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Persian Gulf
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center of population and trade
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Rub al Khali
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3rd largest desert in the world
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Shatt al Arab
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2 great rivers of Iraq
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Zagros Mountains
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Southern feature where the Persian Empire began
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Baghdad
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Capital of Irag and setting of 1001 nights
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Bahrain
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leading banking and financial center
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Kuwait
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Persian Gulf War
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Mecca
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birthplace of Muhammed
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Medina
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Burial place of Muhammed
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Qatar
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population 2/3 forgein born
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tehran
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largest city among the countries that border the Persian Gulf
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United Arab Emirates
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richest country
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5 Pillars
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You do not have to perform all 5 to be a Muslim
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empty quarter
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Uninhabited waste land
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Khat
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narcotic
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Iran-Iraq War
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lasted 8 years
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