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Africa/SW Asia Terms
Anthony's vocabulary words for North Africa and SW Asia
Term | Definition |
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OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent words or sounds |
monotheism | belief in one god |
desalination | the removal of salt from sea water to make it useable for drinking and farming |
Hebrew | member of one of the Jewish tribes of ancient times |
nationalism | belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation |
Ziggurat | large step-like temple of mud brick built in anceint Mesopotamia |
petrochemical | chemical product derived from petroleam |
aquifer | underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel |
Aswan High Dam | giant dam in southeastern Egypt on the Nile |
terrorism | act of terrorizing, use of terror, violence or intimidation |
Koran | the sacred book of the Muslims containing the religious and moral code of Islam |
Bible | Christian holy book |
Wadi | in a desert, a streambed that is dry except during a heavy raing |
phosphate | a chemical compound often used in fertalizers |
cereal | any grain such as barley, oats or wheat grown for food |
cuneiform | Sumerian writing system using wedged shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets |
quanat | underground canals used in water systems of ancient Persians |
prophet | person believed to be a messenger from God |
suq | an enclosed marketplace in the region of North Africa and southwest Africa |
oasis | small area in a desert where water and vegitation are found because of underground springs |
mosque | in Islam, a house of public worship |
bedouin | member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia |
refinery | place or establishment where some crude substances such as petroleum, sugar, or grain is broken down and its usable components are extracted for purification |
Torah | the Jewish holy book |
nomad | describing a way of life in which a group travel from place to place rather than establishing a permanent settlement |