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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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        | 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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        | 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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        | 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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