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7th: Chap 5 Vocab
North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| irrigation | process of collecting water and distributing it to crops |
| city-state | independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| theocracy | form of government in which the leader claims to rule on behalf of a god |
| cuneiform | form of writing from ancient Mesopotamia that consisted of wedge-shaped markings pressed into clay tablets |
| pharaoh | name for powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds rather than ideas |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| covenant | agreement |
| prophet | messenger of God |
| caliph | successor to Muhammad |
| terrorism | violence used against the people or government in the hopes of winning political goals |
| hajj | pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Makkah (Mecca), the completion of which at least once in a lifetime is one of the Five Pillars of Islam |
| saint | Christian holy person |
| dietary law | rules in certain religions that detail which foods people can and cannot eat and how food should be prepared and handled |
| epic | tales or poems about heroes or heroines |
| mosque | Islamic house of worship |
| calligraphy | art of beautiful writing |
| bazaar | local marketplace in North Africa and Southwest Asia |