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| an invasion led by the United States in 2003 to stop the development of nuclear waepons by Iraq |
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| a military force used to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion in 1991; also called Operation Desert Storm |
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| Ethnic group who live in the modern country of Iran. |
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| A form of government in which the executive branch is elected separately from the legislative branch, and both branches are separate, independent, and co-equal. |
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| a limit on the amount for foreign goods that can come into a country |
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| Name given to the young "communist enforcers" of China during the Cultural Revolution |
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| belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death; major belief of Hindus and Buddhists |
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| a group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature |
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| the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa |
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| a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; also known as "the shore of the desert" |
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| an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs; found in eastern central, and southern Africa. |
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| believe that Ali was the proper successor of Muhammad; believe that the leader of Islam must be of this bloodline. |
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| a religion based in Japan, marked by worship of nature and reverence for ancestors |
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| those products a country makes best and are in demand by other countries |
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| narrow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea |
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| a canal in Egypt that allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without the need of traveling around the southern tip of Africa |
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