| Africa |
Africa is one of the seven largest areas of land on the earth. These areas of land are called continents. Africa is the second largest continent on our planet. Only Asia is bigger than Africa. Africa is made up of more than fifty different countries, and people speak many different languages in these countries. Some of the languages are Swahili, Hausa, and Arabic. |
| Arab |
An Arab is a member of a group of people who came at one time from Arabia. Arabia is the whole peninsula that includes modern Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and a few other countries. People living in that region now are called Arabs, but Arabs also live in other parts of the Middle East and in northern Africa. They speak a language called Arabic. Most Arabs are Muslims, but some are not. |
| Arabic |
Arabic is one of the major languages of the world. It is the main language of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and many other countries in northern Africa and the Middle East. |
| Asia |
Asia is one of the seven largest areas of land on the earth. These areas of land are called continents. Asia is the largest of all the seven continents on our planet. Many different languages are spoken in Asia. Some of them are Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Bengali, Farsi, and Arabic. |
| Bahrain |
Bahrain is an island country in the Persian Gulf. It is in a part of the world called the Middle East. Bahrain has oil under the ground that it uses for fuel. Bahrain also sells its oil to other countries that need it. People in Bahrain speak Arabic, and they are ruled by a king. |
| Chad |
Chad is a country in Africa. It is between Niger and Sudan. The northern part of Chad is in the Sahara desert. The southern part of Chad has plains with lots of grass. Many people in Chad raise cattle or grow peanuts or wheat. Most people in Chad speak Arabic or French. |
| eighty |
the word for the Arabic numeral 80 and for the Roman numeral LXXX. [1/3 definitions] |
| eleven |
the word for the Arabic numeral 11 and the Roman numeral XI. [1/3 definitions] |
| fifteen |
the word for the Arabic numeral 15 and for the Roman numeral XV. [1/3 definitions] |
| fifty |
the word for the Arabic numeral 50 and for the Roman numeral L. [1/3 definitions] |
| five |
the word for the Arabic numeral 5 and the Roman numeral V. [1/3 definitions] |
| forty |
the word for the Arabic numeral 40 and the Roman numeral XL. [1/3 definitions] |
| four |
the word for the Arabic numeral 4 and the Roman numeral IV. [1/3 definitions] |
| fourteen |
the word for the Arabic numeral 14 and for the Roman numeral XIV. [1/3 definitions] |
| hundred |
the word for the Arabic numeral 100 and by the Roman numeral C. [1/4 definitions] |
| Iraq |
Iraq is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Some of Iraq's neighbors are Jordan and Iran. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through Iraq. The land between these rivers is famous in the history of the world. It is where some of the earliest human civilizations that we know about developed. Most people in modern Iraq speak Arabic. Another language that is spoken in Iraq is called Kurdish. |
| Israel |
Israel is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Israel lies along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Two of its neighbors are Jordan and Lebanon. The land along the sea coast is good for growing crops. Much of Israel is desert, though. People in Israel speak mostly Hebrew and Arabic. Hebrew is the ancient language of the Jewish people, and the majority of the people in Israel are Jewish. Israel's population also includes many Arabs, who speak Arabic. |
| Koran |
the sacred book of Islam that is the basis of Muslim religion. Muslims believe that Allah gave the words of the Koran to the prophet Muhammad. The Koran is written in Arabic. |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Kuwait lies on the shore of the Persian Gulf and between the countries of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It is a dry country and is mostly desert. Kuwait has oil under the ground, and it sells it to many other countries. People in Kuwait speak Arabic. |
| Mauritania |
Mauritania is a country in Africa. It lies along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is between Western Sahara and Senegal. Mauritania is a desert country. Even though the land is very dry, most people in Mauritania make a living from raising animals and farming. People there speak Arabic and a number of other languages. |
| million |
the word for the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1,000,000. [1/5 definitions] |