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Chapter 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mandate | referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence |
| Self determination | the right to decide their own political future |
| Zionists | after the hill in Jerusalem to which jews had always prayed to return |
| Drip irrigation | preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip onto plants from pipes |
| Potash | used in explosives and fertilizer |
| Fertile Crescent | ran through this area where farming and the first civilizations developed |
| Militia | citizen army |
| Anarchy | lawlessness |
| Embargo | severe restriction on trade with other countries |
| Desalination | remove the salt from the seawater |
| Infrastructure | comprises a country's basic support facilities |
| Falaj System | ancient system of underground and surface canals |
| Secular | that it should be run without religious influence |
| Shah | Ruler |
| Ayatollahs | conservative religious leaders |