| A | B |
|---|
| wadis | riverbeds that remain dry except during rainy seasons |
| oasis | an area in the desert where vegetation os found because water is availlable, usually from underground springs |
| desalinization | the removal of salt from the water |
| refinery | a factory that converts the crude oil into useful products like gasoline |
| mosque | a place of worship for muslim religion |
| opec | organization of petroleum exproting countries, it's purpose is help members of opec control worldwide oil prices |
| zionism | a movement to create and support a jewish homeland in palestine |
| plo | palistine liberation organization: formed to regain the land for palestinian arabs |
| kurbs | an ethnic group in southwestern asia. they are considered to be a stateless nation that occupies land in turkey, iran, and syria |
| guest workers | unskilled laborers mostly from south and east asia who are willing to do jobs that arabs in swa do not want to do |
| stateless nation | a nation of people without a land to legally occupy |
| strategric commodity | a resource so important that a nation will go to war to ensure it has steady supply. southwest asia is a good example of a strategric commodity |
| human resources | the skills and talent of their people in region like swa |
| pastoralism | social economic system based on raising and herding livestock |
