Question | Answer |
agricultural revolution | is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet |
civilization | is a turn-based strategy "4X"-type strategy video game created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley for MicroProse in 1991 |
monothesim | is defined by the Encyclopædia Britannica as belief in the existence of one god or in the oneness of God |
protectorate | a state that is controlled and protected by another. |
chaparrel | is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion |
poaching | has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals |
mosque | is a place of worship for followers of Islam. There are strict and detailed requirements |
muezzin | or muzim, is the person appointed at a mosque to lead, and recite, the call to prayer |
minaret | a tall, thin tower of a mosque with a balcony from which the people are called to prayer |
nomad | meaning one roaming about for pasture, pastoral tribe), is a member of a community |
desalination plant | is powered partially by renewable energy from the Emu Downs Wind Farm |
trade deficit | is not necessarily a bad situation because it often corrects itself over time. |
trade surplus | if it consists of exporting more than is imported; a negative balance is referred to as a trade deficit |
autonomy | (of a country or region) the right or condition of self-government, especially in a particular sphere. |
genocide | is the systematic destruction of all or part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group |
nationlism | is a belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to |
chernozem | black dirt" or "black earth", is a black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus |
yurt | is a portable, bent dwelling structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia as their home |
fundamentalism | is the demand for a strict adherence to orthodox theological doctrines usually understood as a reaction against Modernine |
desertification | is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid |
mandate | an official order or commission to do something. |
zionist | is the national movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the creation of a Jewish homeland |
self-determination | or in short form, the right to self-determination is the cardinal |
drip irrigation | also known as trickle irrigation or micro irrigation or localized irrigation, is an irrigation method that saves water and fertilizer |
potash | is any of various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. |
fertile crescent | is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid |
militia | generally is an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters |
anarchy | refer to a society without a publicly enforced government |
embargo | is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country. |
deslination | and it is being used more and more around the world to provide people with needed freshwater. |
infrstructure | is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise |
falaj system | has the advantage of being resistant to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods |
secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. |
shah | is a title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Iran a.k.a. Persia |
ayatollah | is a high-ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī'ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic |