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world georg
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Term | Definition |
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agricultural revolution | the change from nomadic hunting and gathering to farming that took place about 8000 B.C. |
civilization | an advanced culture |
monothesism | the belief in one god |
protectorate | an area that has its own government but is controlled by an outside power |
chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates, small evergreen trees and low bushes. or shrubs |
poaching | illegal hunting |
mosque | an Islamic place of religious worship |
muezzin | in Islam a crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day from a minaret |
minaret | a tall slender tower attached to a mosque |
desalination plant | the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation |
nomad | a person who travels from place to place |
trade deficit | the situation in which a country imports more than it exports |
trade surplus | the situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
autonomy | independence |
genocide | the systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people |
nationalism | pride in ones nation the desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a seperate nation |
chernozem | a rich topsoil found in the russian and other mid-latitude grasslands |
fundamentalism | a set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of sacred text |
yurt | a round tent made of a wooden frame work and covered with felts or skins |
desertification | the transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through human intervention |
mandate | a commission from the league of nations authorizing a nation to govern a territory |
zionist | |
self-determination | |
drip irrigation | a process by which precisely controlled amounts of water drip directly onto plants |
potash | a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer |
fertile cresent | a region in the middle east where farming and the first civilizations developed |
militia | a citizen army |
anarchy | political disorder and violence lawlessness |
embargo | a severe restriction of trade with other countries |
infrastructure | the basic support facilities of a community |
falaj system | in the arabian peninsula an ancient system of underground and surface canals |
secular | |
shah | |
ayatollah | a religious leader among shiite muslims |