| A | B |
|---|
| Kashmir | India and Pakistan have fought several wars over this area in the Himalayas |
| Kurds | repressed minority group in Turkey and Iraq |
| Ruhollah Khomeini | Iranian Shiite leader who led the government after the shah was toppled |
| Hosni Mubarak | Sadat's successor in Egypt |
| Anwar Sadat | Egyptian president who became the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel |
| Yasir Arafat | Palestinian leader accused by Hamas of being a puppet of Israel |
| intifada | uprising of Palestinians in the occupied territories |
| PLO | Palestinian organization that waged a guerilla war against Israelis |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Israeli leader who signed an agreement giving Palestinians limited self-rule |
| OPEC | organization of petroleum exporting countries; |
| kibbutzim | collective farms in Israel |
| Saddam Hussein | dictator in Iraq |
