| A | B |
|---|
| Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| arable | suitable for farming |
| mosque | Islamic place of worship |
| Muslim | a person who follows the Islamic religion |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| minaret | tower on a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| muezzin | person who calls Mulsims to prayer |
| oasis | a source of water in desert areas |
| prophet | someone whose teachings are believed to be inspired by God |
| synagogue | Jewish place of worship |
| TeNakh | Jewish Bible |
| Muhammad | Prophet only to Muslims |
| Jesus | prophet to both Christians and Muslims |
| Palestine | term for the area known today as Israel and the West Bank |
| Arab | ethnicity of most people living in SW Asia |
| Persian | ethnicity of most people living in Iran |
| Kurds | minority group in Turkey and Iraq that wants its own country |
| PLO | organization that represents the national interests of Palestinians |
| Yasser Arafat | Head of the PLO |
| Ehud Barak | Prime Minister of Israel |
