BJU Cultural Geography Ch 17

What is considered the center of population and trade in the Middle East?

• Persian Gulf

• Sahara Desert

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

an Islamic place of worship

• mosque

• temple

• church

• synagogue

holiest city of Islam

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Medina

• Baghdad

holy city of Islam

• Medina

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Cairo

the holy book of Islam

• Qur'an

• Bible

• Torah

• Bhagavad Gita

southern desert on the Arabian peninsula;

one of the largest deserts in the world

• Rub al Khali

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Kalahari

Rub al Khali is referred to as this because it is an uninhabited wasteland 

• Empty Quarter

• Desert of Death

• Sea of Sand

• Valley of Nothingness

capital of Saudi Arabia

• Riyadh

• Jeddah

• Mecca

• Doha

leaders of a religious sect that is noted for its strict adherence to Islamic law

• Wahhabi

• Salafi

• Sufi

• Shi'a

a nomadic shepherd of the Arabian desert

• Bedouin

• Nomad

• Herdsman

• Rancher