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chapter 21

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Definition
agricultural revolution   the change from nomadic hunting and gathering to forming that took place abut 800bc  
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civilization   an advanced culter  
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monotheism   the belife of one god  
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prodtectorate   an are that has its own goverment but in controoles by an out side power  
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chaparral   the physical and human caracteristics that help people  
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poaching   illegal hunting  
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mosque   an islamic place of regigious worship  
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muezzin   in islam a crier wo calls the faithfull to prayer fivve times each day from a minaret  
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minaret   a tall slender tower attached to a moswue  
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desalnation plant   the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation  
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nomad   a person who travels from place to place  
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trade dficit   the situation in ich a country imports more than it exports  
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trade surplus   the situation in wich a country ecports more than it imports  
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autonomy   independence  
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genocide   the systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people  
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nationalism   pride in ones nation the desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as an separate nation  
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chernozem   a rich topsoil found in the russian stepps and other midlatitude grassland  
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yurt   a round tent made of a wooden frameworkd and coverd with felt or skins  
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fundamentalism   a set of religous beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text  
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desertification   the process of striping the land of its trees  
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secular    
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shah    
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ayatollah   a religious leader amond shitte muslims  
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sahel    
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colonilism   the system by wich countries set up solones to secure tsources of raw materials and markets  
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platue    
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escarpment    
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chaparall   a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to mediteranean climates small evergreen trees and low bushes  
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savanna    
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oral history    
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nomadic herding    
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leaching   the dissolving and waching away of nutrients in the soil  
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land degradation   reduction in the productive potential of the land  
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