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- 5. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
- 6. what type of crescent is the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations
- 9. a mode of subsistence that involves raising domestic animals in grassland environments using herd and household mobility
- 10. the modern Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family written in Arabic script.
- 11. What type of industry that people with intangible products or services and completes tasks that are useful to customers
- 12. a nomadic Arab of the desert.
- 15. what type of mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.
- 16. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater
- 17. a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season
- 19. to gather for prayers, to study and to celebrate festivals such as Ramadan
- 20. the world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years
- 22. a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found
- 25. what type of grains are the seeds that come from grasses such as wheat, millet, rice, barley, oats, rye, triticale, sorghum, and maize (corn). About 80 percent of the protein and over 50 percent of the calories consumed by humans and livestock come from this
- 26. the denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets
- 27. the world's second-largest religion with more than two billion followers or 24.9% of the world's population, known as Muslims
- 28. a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below
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- 1. coordinates and consolidates the policies about petroleum production and output involving its member nations
- 2. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
- 3. what type of domestic product is the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
- 4. what type of river wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
- 7. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
- 8. the process of removing salts or other minerals and contaminants from seawater, brackish water, and wastewater effluent and it is an increasingly common solution to obtain fresh water for human consumption and for domestic/industrial utilization.
- 13. places where Mesopotamian gods were worshipped
- 14. which peninsula is a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources. synonyms: Arabia. example of: peninsula. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
- 16. what soil deposit is Material deposited by rivers. It consists of silt, sand, clay, and gravel, as well as much organic matter
- 18. the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining
- 21. what type of gulf is a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia: linked with the Arabian Sea by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman; important for the oilfields on its shores.
- 23. what type of diversity is the presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or identities
- 24. The Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest religion, with about 2.5 billion followers