| A | B |
|---|
| monotheism | the belief in only ONE God |
| religious group | a group of people that share the same religion |
| ethnic group | a group of people sharing a common language, traditions, etc. |
| OPEC | a trade organization that seeks to control the production of OIL in order to control its price |
| scarcity | having a little but needing much more |
| subsistence agriculture | producing only enough to feed one's family |
| desalinization/desalination | to remove salt from seawater |
| per capita | an amount per person |
| population density | the amount of people living in a certain area |
| oasis | an area in the desert where water can be found and vegetation grows |
| air & water | this gets polluted in the Middle East due to the activities of oil production |
| water | the most desired resource in the Middle East... what people tend to live around |
| literacy rate | with a high one of these your standard of living is sure to go up |
| desert/steppe | most common climate in the Middle East |
| Sunni | largest branch of Islam |
| Shia | second largest branch of Islam |
| Turkey | they have many sources of freshwater |
| dams | structures built to stop or slow the flow of water |
| caliph | a religious leader in the Muslim world |
| theocracy | religion mixed into government, favored by Shia Muslims |
| Any Male Muslim | Sunni believe these people have the right to be caliph |
| Only Blood Relatives of Mohamed | Shia believe these people have the right to be caliph |
