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| The Western coast of the Arab peninsula is called the |
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| The formation of deserts is due to the |
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| An arid area is called a desert if it gets less than __ in a year |
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| The ME is hot and dry in the summer due to |
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| salty, not enough organic matter |
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| The sparse vegetation in ME is |
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| desert, medditerranean, steppe, savanna, or river |
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| underground water is decreasing because |
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| extraction exceeds recharge |
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| the eastern coast of the arab peninsula is the |
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| the longest perennial river in the world is the |
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| what is the order of oil/natural gas/ and water underground from top to bottom? |
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| the first oil field in me was in |
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| us imports most of its oil from |
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| hegemony over the me could result in |
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| muslim wars of expansion were fought to |
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| the First Temptation war was fought over |
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| leadership (who should be leader - Ali or capable leader) |
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| during Umayyad dynasty, arabs accepted absolute monarchies because |
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| they wanted security, prosperity |
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| "there is no contradiction between religion and philosophy" said by |
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| ottoman empire collapsed in |
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| muslim women gained rights in |
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| muslim misperception of west started in |
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| skyes picot agreement of 1916 divided the ottoman lands between |
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| relations between us and me began detoriating since |
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| what form of gov does us claim to support? |
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| wahhabism a religious movement in SA is described as |
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| the west established homeland for jews in palestine in |
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| the population of the me is |
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| following the iranian revolution, saddam hussain attacked iran in |
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| the me contains ppl of many ethnic groups, races, religons because of |
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| the arabic language is derived from |
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| who is derived from christian faith? |
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| in 71 ad roman empire expelled jews from palestine because |
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| how many legal schools of the quran are there |
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| society in me can derived into three categories: |
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| bedouin, villagers, townspeople |
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| which country is landlocked in me |
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| boundaries between me countries demarcated by |
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| one problem facing me countries is |
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| first palestinian uprising in |
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| 3 buffer zones between israel and arab countries |
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| israel occupies land from |
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| kurdish people live in many countries is me including |
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| syria, iraq, iran, turkey |
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| globalization occurs benifiting |
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| demarcate boundaries between countries |
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| most urgent boundary dispute between |
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| nuclear, chemical, biological weapons in |
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| nuclear weapons used on me by |
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| the egyptian civilization is older than mesopotamian |
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| false, the egyptian civilization is younger than mesopotamian |
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| the world's three greatest religons began in |
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| the religion of islam started in |
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| the oldest city on earth is |
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| the middle east produces how much of worlds total crude oil |
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| the us imports how much of oil from me |
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| iran and turkey are/aren't arabian countries |
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| the largest oil field in the world is in ___ and is called __ |
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| the largest oil field in the world is in saudia arabia and is called ghwar |
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| us oil production capacity is about |
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| 8 million barrels per day |
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| the us impolts ___ as all of west europe from gulf states |
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| the suez canal, straight of aden, and strait of hormuz are under control of |
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| others, not arabian countries |
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| underground water takes __ than river water for replenishment |
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| declining groundwater quanity is a |
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| very few me countries have permanent |
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| rainfall in the me is less than __ mm annually while the potential evaporation exceeds __ mm |
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| the me has great reserves of oil but small reserves of |
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| the mid east produces 63% of the worlds desalinated water while na produces |
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| the "four guided ones were elected by |
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| hadith sayings are a compliation of |
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| the islamic calendar is how many days shorter |
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| islam mandates that nonmuslims pay tax called |
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| shiah muslims aren't considered infidels by |
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| in 1260 ad baibars, the muslim ruler of egypt, defeated the mongol army at |
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| ibn taymiyah advocated that |
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| islamic law be brought to date to fit the circumstances of muslims at time |
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| southeast asia was conqured by muslims through |
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| akbar, a muslim moghul emperor of india, |
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| the ottoman empire didn't allow |
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| they didn't allow independent interpretation of the quran |
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| ibn khaldoun theory is that |
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| the rise and fall of empires indicated that historical events follow a cycle |
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| an _ is a person who speaks arabic and a muslim is a person who practices __ |
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| besides jews, many other people are |
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| the turkish language used |
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| the government in lebanon is |
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| most of the population is me is due to |
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| 40% of pop in me is under the age of |
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| eight internation companies have control of |
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| me countries have more oil reserves than |
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| the smallest country in the me is |
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| the me is one of the largest __ market in the world |
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| who is the biggest buyer of arms |
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| saudia arabia is the biggest buyer of arms |
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| most of me oil is consumed by |
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| there is no alternative to |
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| coal is an important part of |
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| jews do not accept the message of |
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| the lack of democracy in me allows |
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| arab countries possess elements to |
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