1. Saudi Arabia has the world’s largest supply of what natural resource?
   
   
2. What is Iran’s official language?
   
   
3. What country’s national parliament has an equal number of seats reserved for Christians and Muslims?
   
   
4. What two cities, both located in Saudi Arabia, are considered the most sacred in Islam?
   
   
5. What country on the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has no permanent lakes or rivers?

World Holidays
Holidays provide a great way to introduce students to the
culture and history of a country. "Observe" a world holiday in your classroom by asking students to research the holiday's origins or learn more about a particular aspect of the country.
Read about world holidays occuring this month.

• On Prince Edward Island, it is illegal to sell carbonated drinks like soda pop in cans. They must be sold in glass bottles, which can then be recycled.
  
  
• In the 1700s, mice overran the province, eating their way across the island’s farmland. The town of Souris (French for “mouse”) got its name from this plague.
  
  
• The island is named after Queen Victoria’s father--Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
  
  
• Learn more.

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Zababdeh, Jenin, West Bank, July 2005
University Students: Students socialize at the Arab-American University of Jenin, located in the village of Zababdeh. After secondary school, students who have passed the Tawjihi exam (General Secondary Certificate) may attend a university. However, not all can attend because most families’ financial resources are limited. Nine percent of all Palestinians have had at least some college education.

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