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World Cultures ch. 9
ch. 9 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Mandate | a country placed under control of another country by international agreement |
Palestine | an Arab region that was also the land that the Jews had lived in 2,000 years earlier. |
Arab-Isreali War | series of wars between Israel and it' surrounding Arab nations. |
Kurds | An ethnic group that lives in the mountainous regions of Iran. Irag, Syria, and Turkey. |
Persian Gulf War | 1991- an international force invaded Iraq after it's invasion of Kuwait. |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries- group of oil exporters that decide price and amount of oil produced. |
primary products | raw materials such as oil, copper, coal... |
secondary products | goods manufactured from primary products |
petrochemical | chemicals made from refining oil that can be used to make cosmetics, plastics, and synthetic materials. |
hajj | a religious pilgrimage to Mecca |
Ramadan | Ninth month of the Islamic year in which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset |
King Farouk | ruler of Egypt from 1936-1952 |
Gamal Abdel Nasser | overthrew King Farouk. Ruled Egyptian republic from 1952-1970 |
Aswan High Dam | dam built to control the flooding of the Nile river. |
tradeoff | exchange of one benefit for another |
Anwar Sadat | President of Egypt that signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. |
Muslim Brotherhood | an extremist muslim group that opposes Egypt's cooperation with Israel and the U.S. |
fellahin | peasant farmers |
Zionism | A movement that encouraged Jews to return to their homeland. |
kibbutz | a farming village whose members own everything in common |
Law of Return | states that Jews anywhere in the world can immigrate to Israel and become citizens. |
Orthodox Jews | Jews that strictly follow Jewish law. |
Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year |
Yom Kippur | Jewish day of atonement |
secular | religious practices play a less important role in lives |
Mustafa Kemal | Ruler who westernized Turkey |
Grand National Assembly | Legislature of Turkey |
Ataturk | Name given to Kemal, means father of Turks. |
Tansu Ciller | Female Prime Minister of Turkey in the 1990's |