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| A country placed under the control of another power by international agreement. |
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| A Soutwest Asian region often called the Holy Land. |
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| A series of wars between 1948 and 1973 that were fought between Israel and the Arab countries of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebannon. |
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| A member of a group of mountain people who live in Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Lebannon, Syria,and Turkey. |
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| 1991 war between the United States and Iraq. |
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| A product made from petroleum or natural gas. |
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| A movement that encouraged Jews to return to Pelsetine, the Jewish homeland, which many Jews called Zion. |
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| A Jewish farming village in Palestine(or present-day Israel) whose members own everything in common, sharing labor, income and expenses. |
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| A dam built in 1956 by the Egyptian leader Abdel Nasser to control the flooding of the Nile River. |
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| A strong pride in one's nation or ethnic group. |
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| A strong pride in one's nation or ethnic group. |
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| A pilgrimage to Mecca that most Muslims try to make atleast once in a lifetime. |
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| A law that enacted in 1950 in Israel, granting Jews anywhere in the world permission to move back to Israel and become citizens. |
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| Jews who strictly follow Jewish Law. |
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| A fundamentalist Muslim group that believes that Egypt should be governed solely be Islmaic law in order to be true to the principles of Islam. |
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| The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which decides the price and amount of oil produced each year in Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Venezuela, and other countries. |
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| A raw material used to manufacture other products. |
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| A product manufactured from raw materials. |
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| The ninth month of the Islamic Year. |
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| In Judiasm, the Day of Atonement. |
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| Peasent farmers in Egypt. |
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| Not specifically relating to religion. |
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