22 vocab

3. monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews.
4. an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam.
6. city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam
8. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
12. the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunnah, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
13. submission to the will of God
16. (plo)founded in 1964 with the purpose of liberating Palestine, achieving Palestinian self-determination, and securing the return of the refugees.

1. a building used for public worship by Muslims.
2. Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement
5. a form of government based on a specific religion or deity
7. a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God
9. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah
10. between rivers" in Greek
11. a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation
14. a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
15. a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.