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Global Studies P1
the quarter 1 assesment vocabulary
| Word | Description |
|---|---|
| sahara desert | has the hottest temps ever recorded. largest desert. |
| strait of gibralter | seperates africa from europe |
| rub' al khali | empty quarter |
| aral and caspian sea | caspian- poaching brought the # of surgion aral- irrigation projects mainly for cotton drained the water in the 2 major rivers that feed the aral sea |
| aquafers | underground rock layers in which water flows |
| irrigation | artificial way to bring water to crops |
| desalinization | removes salt from saltwater to make it able to drink |
| wadis` | a dry riverbed that fills with water when it rains |
| aluvial plain | an aea of fertile soil left by river floods |
| theocracy | a goverment controlled by a religious leaders |
| pharaoh | believed that they were gods and rulers |
| cuneiform/hierogliphics | an early form of writing |
| hammurabis code of law | law to protect people and their belongings |
| chistianity judaism islam | the earliest of all religions |
| caliphs | muslim rulers |
| ottoman empire | lasted untill early 1900s |
| al-Qaeda | was formed by ossama-bin-laden |
| largest central aisan republic | kazakstan |
| earthquakes in armania | tremor of 7.0 |
| economy of israel | developing ecconomy |
| major physical features of iraq | tigeris and euphraties |
| economy of persian gulf countries | free education medical and other services |
| former soviet union countries | kazakhstan, kyrgicstan,tajikistan turkmenistan, uzbekistan |