Arabian Peninsula Vocab

Sunni

• Muslims that believethe majority of the pop. to interpret Islamic teachings
• I think Sunni relates to the country Saudi Arabia
• This relates to the US because of the many diff. people of diff. religiouns

Embargo

• Limit on trade
• Country: Saudi Arabia
• US: They trade with us

Shah

• King
• Country: Iran
• US: A shah is like a president becasue they are the only ruler

Revolution

• A huge change in a country's way of living
• Country: Iran
• US: Revolutions have been a huge past of US  history

Monarchy

• A form of gov't with a monarch as the lead ruler
• Country: Saudi Arabia
• US: we deal with many monarchies in world trade 

OpEC

• an organization members work to influence price of oil on world markets by controlling the  supply.
• Country: Iran
• US: we reliy on them for our oil