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Chapter 23
Question | Answer |
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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 |