Chapter 22

7. internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people
10. a movement for the re-establishment and the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel
13. the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
15. referred to as the cradle of civilization because some of the most influential early city-states and empires first emerged there
16. a portion of ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that forms part of the larger retaining wall of the hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount

1. an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
2. Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement
3. was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam
4. a place of worship for Muslims
5. an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam
6. an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria
8. having to do with theocracy, a form of government based on a specific religion or deity
9. an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit.
11. a strictly monotheistic religion
12. a monotheistic religion, believing in one god
14. Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself.