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Is a wet, fertile, area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface
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Oasis
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Water can come from wells dug into dry steambeds called
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Wadis
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Is water that is not being replaced by rainfall
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Fossil water
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Believe taht true interpretaion of Islamic teaching can only come from certain religious and political leaders called imams
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Shia
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Muslims believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teachings
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Sunni
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Is am intermational organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets by controlling the supply
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OPEC
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Limit on trade
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Embargo
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The Persian tiltle for a king
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Shah
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Is a drastic change in a country's government and way of life
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Revolution
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A government ruled by religious leaders
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Theocracy
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A series of steps taken to accomplish a task
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Procedure
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The Tigris and Euphrates rives flow through
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Iraq
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What kind of governement does Saudi Arabia have
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Monarchy
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Iraq's official language is
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Arabic
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The world's first civilization which was located in what is now Iraq
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Mesopotamia
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