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Social Studies
6th Grade
05/15/2013

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Term
mandate
Definition
an order placing a country under the control of another power
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Palestine
Definition
Southwest Asian region often called the Holy Land.
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Arab-Israeli Wars
Definition
a series of Wars between 1948 - 1973 that were fought between Israel and the Arab countries of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon.
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Kurd
Definition
a member of a group of mountain people who live in Armenia,Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
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Persian Gulf War
Definition
a war between the US and Iraq in 1991.
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OPEC
Definition
It decides the price and amount of oil produced each year in Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Venezuela, and other countries.Also known as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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Primary Product
Definition
A RAW MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURE OTHER PRODUCTS.
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Secondary Products
Definition
a product manufactured from raw materials
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Petrochemical
Definition
a product made from petroleum or natural gas.
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Haj
Definition
a pilgrimage to mecca that most Muslims try to make at least once in a lifetime.
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Ramadan
Definition
the ninth month of the Islamic year.
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Aswan High Dam
Definition
a dam built in 1956 by the Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nassar to control the flooding of the Nile River.
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Tradeoff
Definition
the exchange of one benefit for another.
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Muslim brotherhood
Definition
a fundamentalist muslim group that believes that Egypt should be governed solely by Islam law in order to be true to the principles of Islam.
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Fellahin
Definition
peasant farmers in Egypt.
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Zionism
Definition
a movement that encouraged Jews to return to Palestine, the Jewish homeland, which many Jews call Zion.
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Kibbutz
Definition
a Jewish farming village in Palestine whose members own everything in common, sharing labor, income, and expenses.
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Law of Return
Definition
a law enacted in 1950 in Israel, granting Jews anywhere in the world permission to move to Israel and become citizens.
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Orthodox Jews
Definition
a Jew who strictly follows Jewish law.
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Rosh Hashanah
Definition
the Jewish New Year.
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Yom Kippur
Definition
in Judaism, the day of atonement.
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Secular
Definition
not specifically relating to religion.
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Grand National Assembly
Definition
Turkey's legislature.
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