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Ch. 21,22,23 Vocab
world geography
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 one God |
protectorate | an area that has its own government but is controlled by an outside power |
chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates |
poaching | Illegal Hunting |
mosque | an Islamic place of religious worship |
muezzin | in Islam, a crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day from a minaret. |
minaret | a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque |
desalination plant | the transformation of arable into desert either naturally or through human intervention |
nomad | a person who travels from place to place |
trade deficit | the situation in which a country imports more than it imports |
trade surplus | the situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
autonomy | |
genocide | |
nationalism | |
chernozem | |
fundamentalism | |
yurt | |
deserification | |
mandate | |
zionist | |
self-determination | |
drip irrigation | |
potash | |
fertile crescent | |
militia | |
anarchy | |
embargo | |
infrastructure | |
falaj system | |
secular | |
shah | |
ayatollah |