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SW Asia
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Golan Heights ( Al Jawlan) | hilly plateau over looking the Jordan River & the sea of Galilee |
| Wadi | River beds that remain dry except during rainy seasons |
| Oasis | area in the desert where vegetation is found because water is available |
| Salt Flats | winds evaporate the moisture in the soil, chemical salts remain |
| Drip Irrigation | system uses small pipes that slowly drips water just above ground to conserve water used for crops |
| Desalinization | the removal of salt from ocean water |
| Fossil Water | water pumped from underground aquifers |
| Crude Oil | petroleum that has not been processed |
| Refinery | converts crude oil into useful products |
| Islam | monotheistic religion based on teachings of it's founder Muhammed |
| Muhammed | Islam founder, lived part of his life in the city of Mecca |
| Mosque | place of worship |
| Theocratic | religious leaders control the government |
| OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) | help members control worldwide oil prices |
| Zionism | a goal to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland |
| PLO ( Palestine Liberation Organization) | formed to regain the land of Israel for Palestinian Arabs |
| Guest Workers | largely unskilled workers |
| Stateless Nation | nation of people without land to legally occupy |
| Palestinians | Arabs & their descendants who lived or still live in the area formally called the Palestine Mandate |
| Strategic Commodity | resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply |
| Human Resources | skills and talents of their people |
| Sunni | believe that Muhammad had no rightful heir and that a religious leader should be elected through a vote among the Islamic community's people |
| Shi'ite | believe that only Allah, the God of the Islam faith, can select religious leaders, and that therefore, all successors must be direct descendants of Muhammad's family |
| Kurds | member of a mainly pastoral Islamic people living in Kurdistan. |
| Bedouin | nomadic Arab of the desert |
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