| A | B |
|---|
| Kuwait | oil rich nation in Middle East |
| Jerusalem | holy city to 3 religions |
| Islam | religion founded by Muhammed |
| Bedouins | migrating herders who roam the deserts of Middle East |
| Oil | reason for U.S. involvement in Middle |
| Qanat | a long underground tunnel that carries water |
| Rub' al - Khali | a large uninhabited region of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Kibbutz | collective farm in Israel |
| Mecca | Islam's most holy city, site of pilgrimages |
| Palestinians | group that claims the same homeland as the Jews |
| ethnocentrisim | basing judgements about the world on one's own cultural background |
| montheistic | belief in one God |
| wadis | stream bed that is usually dry except during times of heavy rain |
| Yasir Arafat | leader of P. L. O. |
| Muhammed | according to Islam the greatest prophet |
| Theocracy | government whose laws are religious laws |
| 1948 | Israel became a country |
| ally | friend |
