Chapter 18: The Arabian Peninsula

A portion of land nearly surrounded by water.

• arid

• dune

• peninsula

• bay

excessively dry

• Dune

• arid

• peninsula

• Red sea

a mound or ridge of sand formed by the wind

• peninsula

• dune

• gulf

• arid

a seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cooler, dry air from inland in winter.

• simoom

• shamal

• monsoon

• peninsula

the red sea is an important resource because

• contains an unusually hard coral reef

• contains significant deposits of oil and hosts many oil-drilling platforms.

• provides a buffer zone.

• provides moisture that soaks the peninsula's deserts during the summer monsoons.

A branch of Islam that regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors

• Hajj

• Sunni

• Shia

• Shari'ah

a branch of Islam that regards Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and the imams as his rightful successors.

• Shari'ah

• Hajj

• Sunni

• Shia

in Islam, the yearly pilgrimage to Makkah that Muslims must make at least once in a lifetime.

• Shia

• Hajj

• Sunni

• Shari'ah

Choke point: a strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water.

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Strait of Hormuz

• Arabian Peninsula

The ______________ industry produces the most soil, air, and water pollution in the region.

• water desalination

• construction

• mining

• agriculture