VOCABULARY

2. a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation
4. a form of government based on a specific religion or deity
5. an ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia
6. a member of the largest branch of Islam.
7. a strictly monotheistic religion,
8. an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel
11. a Muslim place of worship.
14. a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God:
15. Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement

1. an organization founded in 1964 with the aim of creating a state for Palestinians
3. he monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.
6. a person who belongs to one of the two main branches of Islam.
9. To be or not to be; Bring with him his whole life
10. a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system.
12. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
13. a city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam.