Chapter 18/19 Vocabulary - Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Iran, Afghan

Muslims who believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teachings; they make up one of the two main branches of Islam

• Shia

• Tehran

• Sunni

• Taliban

a river in Southwest Asia

• Persian Gulf

• Jordan River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

a government ruled by religious leaders

• shah

• Taliban

• theocracy

• revolution

a radical Muslim group that rose to power in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s

• shah

• Taliban

• Shia

• Sunni

a wet, fertile area in a desert where a spring or well provides water

• oasis

• fossil water

• wadis

• shah

the capital of Iran

• Kabul

• Baghdad

• Tehran

• Riyadh

the world's largest peninsula; located in Southwest Asia

• Black Peninsula

• Tigris Peninsula

• Musandam Peninsula

• Arabian Peninsula

a dry steambed

• oasis

• fossil water

• wadis

• shah

a major river in Southwest Asia; with the Euphrates River it defined the "land between the rivers" known as Mesopotamia

• Persian Gulf

• Jordan River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

a Persian title that means "king"

• theocracy

• shah

• casear

• revolution