Middle East / North Africa - Vocab. Part I

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

Tall, slendar tower attached to a mosque
A person whose teachings are thought to be inspired by God.
Aquiring colonies and building an empire.
Process of removing salt from sea water
Nomadic herders
Organization formed to establish a homeland for the Palestinians.
Land between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers: site of one of the world's oldest civilizations.
Worldly, not related to religion
Belief in one God
Holy wars fought to take back Jerusalem from the Arabs.
A place in the desert where there is water.
An organization that controls the price and supply of oil