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Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALLAH

THE SUPREME BEING; GOD

ARID CLIMATE

LACKING MOISTURE

AYATOLLAH

A SHITE RELIGIOUS LEADER IN IRAN
Photo by Thomas Hawk

DESERTIFICATION

THE PROCESS BY WHICH FERTILE LAND BECOMES DESERT

EXOTIC RIVER

A RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE DESERT

FERTILE CRESCENT

AREA OF FERTILE LAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST

HAJJ

THE MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
Photo by SanforaQ8

HIJAB

A HEAD COVERING WORN BY MUSLIM WOMEN

HYDROELECTRIC DAM

GENERATING ELECTRICITY BY CONVERSION OF ENERGY OF RUNNING WATER
Photo by covilha

MONOTHEISM

THE DOCTRINE OR BELIEF THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
Photo by Quasimondo

MINARET

A TALL SLENDER TOWER
Photo by usaid.d800

MOHAMMED

THE ARAB PROPHET

MOSQUE

A MUSLIM PLACE OF WORSHIP

MUEZZIN

A MAN WHO CALLS MUSLIMS TO PRAYER
Photo by Swamibu

NOMAD

A MEMBER OF A PEOPLE HAVING NO PERMANENT ABODE
Photo by potomo

OASIS

A FERTILE SPOT IN A DESERT WHERE WATER IS FOUND
Photo by JoelDeluxe

OPEC

AN ORGANIZATION CONSISTING OF THE WORLDS MAJOR OIL EXPORTING
Photo by rcbodden

QURAN

THE ISLAMIC SACRED BOOK
Photo by *Muhammad*

RAMADAN

THE NINTH MONTH OF THE MUSLIM YEAR

SHARIA

ISLAMIC CANONICAL LAW BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF KORAN

SILT

A GRANULAR MATERIAL OF A SIZE BETWEEN SAND AND CLAY
Photo by ecstaticist

SOUKS

AN ARAB MARKET OR MAKETPLACE
Photo by RachelH_

TERROISM

THE USE OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION IN THE PURSUIT OF POLITICAL AIMS
Photo by kylepost

ZIONIST

MOVEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF A JEWISH NATION