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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
It controls the price and production of oil.[image] |
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The belief in one god.
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| Sumerian pyramid-like structure built for their gods to descend to earth.[image] |
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| First form of writing, invented in Sumer.
A wedge shaped stick was used to make impressions in wet clay tablets, and then the clay was dried.[image] |
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| Use of violent and terrifying actions for political purposes. |
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| A place where some crude substances, such as petroleum are broken down and its usable componenets are extracted in pure form.[image] |
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| Any grain such as barley, oats, or wheat grown for food.[image] |
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| A member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia.[image] |
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| The belief of the people that they have the right to their own independent nation. |
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| A giant dam in southeastern Egypt, on the Nile River.[image] |
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| In Islam, a house of public worship.[image] |
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| Sacred book of Muslims, containing the religious and moral code of Islam.[image] |
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| A member of a group or tribe that has no permanant home and moves from place to place in search of food. |
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| Natural mineral containing chemical compounds often used in fertilizers. |
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| A person believed to be a messenger from God.[image] |
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| Hand written scrolls containing the whole body of Jewish teaching, thought, and literature, used in a synagogue during services. |
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| In a desert, a streambed that is dry except during a heavy rain. |
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| Sacred writing of the Christian religion, including the Old and New Testaments.[image] |
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| A small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found, usually because of underground springs. |
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| Underground canals used in water systems of ancient Persians. |
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| The religious language of Judaism. |
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| Chemical product derived from petroleum or natural gas.[image] |
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| Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel.[image] |
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| The removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming.[image] |
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| An enclosed marketplace in the regions of North Africa and Southwest Asia.[image] |
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| An Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent words or sounds.[image] |
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