Chapter 22 Crossword

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  1. 3. the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group established in 1960 by some oil-producing nations to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products
  2. 6. Muslim place of worship
  3. 7. one of the two main branches of Islam, comprising about 83 percent of all Muslims, including those in Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan
  4. 9. a strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society
  5. 12. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
  6. 13. a region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, which was the location of some of the earliest civilizations in the world
  7. 15. Holiest city of Islam
  8. 16. the religion of the Jews and of their ancestors, the ancient Israelites
  9. 18. one of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians and some populations of Iraq and Afghanistan
  10. 19. of the Rock the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven and where Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God
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  1. 1. a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
  2. 2. ethnic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan, located in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran
  3. 4. A former country in south-western Asia, now called Iran
  4. 5. the founder and a prophet of Islam
  5. 8. a movement that began in the 19th century to rees-tablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
  6. 10. Religious leaders control the government
  7. 11. Palestine Liberation Organization: a nationalist group formed in the 1960s to regain Israel for Palestinian Arabs
  8. 12. organization in control of the Gaza Strip
  9. 14. Wall for Jews, the holiest site in Jerusalem; the only remaining portion of the Second Temple
  10. 17. bin Laden Leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda