Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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The recreation of a transnational authority guided by Islamic principles and is a long held belief of many Sunni fundamentalists.

The war resulting from the attack in 1973 of Israel by Egypt, Iraq and Syria.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

A veil typically worn by Muslim women.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

An empire that developed from the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople that lasted from 285 until 1483.

A tall tower in a mosque initially used to call worshippers to prayer.

The process by which water is transferred from land to the atmosphere by evaporation from soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.

An attempt by a group or individual to overthrow an existing government in order to implement their own regime.

A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

A sect of Islam distinct from Sunni whose adherents believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

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