| A | B |
|---|
| conflict in the middle east | land and religion |
| Sunnis in conflict with | Shia Muslims |
| Iraq invaded this country in 1990 | Kuwait |
| Reasons for a Jewish homeland | Zionism, Holocaust, religious connection to the land |
| Holocaust | murder of 6 million Jews |
| Zionism | the movement to unite dispalced Jewish people |
| Anti-Semitism | prejudice or discrimination against Jews |
| Persian Gulf War | The war which forced Iraq out of Kuwait |
| Osama Bin Laden | leader of terrorist organization Al-Queda |
| Saddam Hussein | Former Iraqi dictator |
| Confederation | weak central government strong local government |
| Federal | Shared power between local and central government |
| Unitary | central government only |
| Oligarchy | only a few wealthy citizens can partipate in the government |
| Autocracy | all power is given to one person |
| Democracy | all citizens can participate in government |
| GDP | measure of a countries wealth |
| OPEC | an organization formed to regulate the price of oil |
| Major Middle East environmental problem | unequal water distribution |
| theocracy | a government based on religion |
