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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Strait | is a narrow body of water,that cut trough land and connects two larger bodies of water. |
| Shamal | the shamal and other winds blow almost constantly during the summer. |
| Qanats | channels water through villages. |
| Zoroastrianism | an iranian religoin that dates back to ancient times. |
| Satrap | to run province. |
| Millet | self governing religous communities |
| Shah | persion word for king |
| Armenian genocide. | the leaders of modern turkey do not use this term. |
| Ataturk | father of turks. |
| Ayatollah | a title for high ranking shia leaders in iran. |
| Cleric | another word for religous leaders. |
| Bain drain | Educated people leaving a community. |
| Coup | To overthrow a government. |
| kurdistan | the homeland of the kurdish people. |
| Peshmerga | Kurdish soilders. |
| Autonomy | self ruled |
| Which has a higher elevation the elburz mountain or the kavir desert? | Elburz mountain |
| Iran and turkey form a broad band stretching from the mediterranean to ___________________. | Afghanistan |
| Turkey is located on two continents _______&_________. | Europe & Asia |
| Climates vary across iran and _________? | Turkey |
| Why might central turkey have a semiarid climate? | The interior mountains are dryer then the exterior coast. |
| What seasons do farmers depend on? | Autumn & Winter |
| true or false. Landforms and climate patterns affect where people live in iran? | True. |
| The qanat system has an advantage over ___________ system channels on the surface. | Irrigation. |
| The central plateau recieves about ____ inches of rain a year. | receives about 16 inches of rain per year. |
| Why does the qanat system have an advantage over irrigation channels on the surface? | because most of the channels are below the surface. |
| Qanats channeled water to___________? | villages. |
| Irans goverment is the _________ in which religious hold great power. | theocracy. |