Global Studies P1 Word Scramble
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Word | Description |
sahara desert | has the hottest temps ever recorded. largest desert. |
strait of gibralter | seperates africa from europe |
rub' al khali | empty quarter |
aral and caspian sea | caspian- poaching brought the # of surgion aral- irrigation projects mainly for cotton drained the water in the 2 major rivers that feed the aral sea |
aquafers | underground rock layers in which water flows |
irrigation | artificial way to bring water to crops |
desalinization | removes salt from saltwater to make it able to drink |
wadis` | a dry riverbed that fills with water when it rains |
aluvial plain | an aea of fertile soil left by river floods |
theocracy | a goverment controlled by a religious leaders |
pharaoh | believed that they were gods and rulers |
cuneiform/hierogliphics | an early form of writing |
hammurabis code of law | law to protect people and their belongings |
chistianity judaism islam | the earliest of all religions |
caliphs | muslim rulers |
ottoman empire | lasted untill early 1900s |
al-Qaeda | was formed by ossama-bin-laden |
largest central aisan republic | kazakstan |
earthquakes in armania | tremor of 7.0 |
economy of israel | developing ecconomy |
major physical features of iraq | tigeris and euphraties |
economy of persian gulf countries | free education medical and other services |
former soviet union countries | kazakhstan, kyrgicstan,tajikistan turkmenistan, uzbekistan |
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