Chapter 18 example #48171

a system in which an employer sponsors a migrant worker by paying his or her expenses

a plant chewed as a mild stimulant and on which much groundwater is wasted

a brief but dangerously hot "poison" wind

a "north" wind that blows sand and dust during midwinter and early summer

the law of Islam which governs ever aspect of a Muslim's life

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

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

a religious journey Muslims expected to complete at least once

the holiest city of Islam to which many Muslims make a pilgrimage

the central, desert portion of the Arabian Shield

the reasons people leave and are drawn to the Arabian Peninsula.

contains an unusually hardy coral reef.

crack down on human rights abuses against immigrants

they needed to move their herds from one desert oasis to another.

most have drawn too heavily from aquifers and wasted it with poor irrigation methods

water desalination

buying farmland overseas and building greenhouses at home

insurgents, al-Qaeda militants, and pirates

Persian Gulf

volcanic mountains and an escarpment along the west coast.

the landform that includes a tall range of ex

the northern end of the Indian Ocean between India, the Arabian region, and Africa

the "empty quarter" desert that is ten times the size of the other desert in the region

the body of water to the east of the Arabian countries that connects a gulf by the major oil producing countries and sea

the body of water "choked" by the Strait of Hormuz through which much of the world's oil is shipped

the regional landform mostly surrounded by gulfs and seas to the east, west, and south

the northern desert that contains reddish dunes spread across 25,000 square miles

the body of water that connects two seas to the west and south of the Arabian region

the part of the Earth's mantle of which the region's countries are located

the body of water that fills a tectonic rift and serves as a transportation route between Europe and Asia

petroleum

wider

push and pull factors

They used to wander with sheep and goat herds and not mostly live in towns and cities

water

allow employers to treat migrants poorly

rainfall in the mountains that is captured and delivered by aqueducts to the cities

whether relatives of Muhammad should be his successors

making seawater drinkable

crops are being developed that need less water, have a higher yield, and can tolerate salt