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Ch. 21,22,23 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Agricultural revolution | The change from nomadic hunting and gathering to farming that took place about 8000 b.c |
civilization | an advanced culture |
monotheism | The belief in God |
protectorates | an area that has its own government but is controlled by an outside power |
charparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates |
poaching | illegal hunting |
muezzin | I Islam , a crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day from a minaret |
mosques | An Islamic place of religious worship |
minaret | a tall slender tower attached to a mosque |
desalination plants | the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irragation |
nomads | a person who travels from place to place |
trade defict | the situation in which a country imports more than it exports |
trade surplus | The situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
Autonomy | Independence |
genocide | the systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people |
nationalism | pride in ones nation |
chernozem | a rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands |
fundamentalism | a set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text |
yurt | A round tent made of wooden framework and covered with felt or skins |
desertification | the transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through human intervention |
mandate | a commission from the League of Nations authorizing a nation to govern a territory |
zionist | a member known as a zionism founded to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state |
self-determination | the right of a people to decide their own political future |
drip irrigation | a process by which precisely controlled amounts of water drip directly onto plants from pipes, thus perserving precious water resources in dry areas. |
potash | a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer |
fertile crescent | a region in the middle east where farming and the first civilizations developed |
militia | a citizen army |
anarchy | political disorder and violence |
embargo | a severe restriction of trade with other countries |
desalination | the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation |
infrastructure | the basic |
falaj system |