Chapter 22

5. type of government where religious leaders are in charge
8. _________ houses the spot where muslims believe the prophet Muhammad rose into heaven
10. an ethnic group in Southwestern Asia, 5,000 of them died from a chemical weapons attack
11. the central religious text of Islam
12. stands for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
14. the name of the god believed in by the Islamic religion
17. stands for Palestine Liberation Organization
18. ______ is considered a holy city by Jews, Christians and Muslims
19. a fundamentalist Muslim political group
20. a movement with a goal to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine

1. Islamic holy month
2. nomadic desert dwellers
3. the basic duties of the Islamic religion are called ______
4. the holiest city of Islam
6. Islamic place of worship
7. modern Jews come to pray at the holiest site in Jerusalem, a portion of the second temple known as the _______
9. the 'land between two rivers'
13. Islamic duty which involves making a pilgrimage to the holiest city of Islam
15. a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
16. prophet and founder of the Islamic religion