Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

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

A communal settlement in Israel.

A more formalized written standard form of Arabic that is commonly used across the Arab-speaking world, in contrast to the multiple forms of spoken Arabic.

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

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

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 trade cartel of oil producing states, mostly Middle Eastern that uses its power to influence global oil markets.

An austere form of Sunni fundamentalism in the Islam religion that is heavily promoted by Saudi Arabia.

A nomadic people living in the desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

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

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

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