Term | Definition |
Agriculture Revolution | The change from nomadic hunting and gathering to
farming that took place anout 8000 B.C. |
Civilization | An advanced culture |
Monotheism | The belief in one God |
Protectorate | An are that has its own government
but is controlled by outsode power |
Chaparral | A type of natural vegetation that is adapted to
Mediterranean climates; small evergreen
trees and low bushes, or scrub |
Poaching | Illegal hunting |
Mosque | An islamic place of religious worship |
Muezzin | In Islan, a crier who calls the faithful to prayer
five times each from minaret |
Minaret | A tall slender tower attatched to mosque |
Desalinatation | 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 imprts more than it exports. |
Trade Surplus | The situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
Autonomy | Independence |
Genocide | The systemic killing or intentional
Destruction of people |
Nationalism | Pride in ones nation; the desire of cultural
group the rule themselves as a seperate nation |
Chernozem | A rivh topsoil in the russian steppes and other
mid lattiyptude graslamds |
Yurt | A round tent of wooden framework
and covered with felt or skins |
Fundamentalism | A set of religious beliefs based on a strict
interprettionmof a sacred text |
Desertification | The transformation of Arable lando into desert
either naturally or through human intervention. |
Mandate | A commiission from the league of Nations authorizing
A nation to govern territory |
Zionist | A member of a movement know as Zionism,
Founded to promote the establishment of an
Independent jewish state |
Self Determination | The right of a people to decide their own political future |
Drip irrigation | A process by which precicesly controlled amounts
Of water drip directly onto plants from pipes. Thus preserving
Precious water recources in dry areas |
Potash | A ineral 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: lawkessness |
Embargo | A severe restriction of trade with other countries |
Infrastructure | Yhe basic support facilities of a community or county
such as roads and bridges power plants and schools |
Falaj system | In the arabian penninsula, an ancient system of
underground and surface canals |
Secular | Worldly, not relating to religion |
Shah | The title of the former ruler of Iran |
Ayatollah | A religious leader among the shiite Muslums |
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