MENA Vocabulary

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  1. 2. tried to regulate the supply of oil in order to set the price on the world market.
  2. 5. Agreement (1916) Gave Britain control over Palestine after the end of World War I
  3. 6. Declaration (1917) Showed that the British supported the creation of a "national home" for Jewish people aka Zionism. This upset Palestinian Arabs.
  4. 10. Christians believe in Jesus, who preached a new religion of love and kindness around 30 CE. Christians believe that Jesus was the messiah (savior).
  5. 11. Judaism is the religion of Jews. It was founded by Abraham around 2000 BCE.
  6. 13. Pillar of Islam. Fasting during daylight hours of Ramadan (9th month of Islamic calendar)
  7. 15. organized attacks, burnings, killings of Jewish people for their beliefs. Most common in Eastern Europe in the 1800-1900s.
  8. 17. Pillar of Islam. Prayer 5 times a day facing Mecca
  9. 18. A branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
  10. 20. Pillar of Islam. Charitable donations to community members in need
  11. 21. Pillar of Islam. Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your lifetime
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  1. 1. Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group of 14 countries that are major exporters of oil.
  2. 3. focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world.
  3. 4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of the goods and services that a country produces.
  4. 7. Crescent A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  5. 8. A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
  6. 9. the social/political movement of Jewish people wanting to return to the Israel/Palestine area which is their ancestral homeland
  7. 12. when the majority of Jewish people left Palestine and scattered throughout the Middle East & Mediterranean
  8. 14. believing in one god
  9. 16. Pillar of Islam. Profession of faith; "There is not God but Allah"
  10. 19. Followers of Islam are called Muslims, and the founder is Muhammad. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last and greatest prophet of Islam.