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Social Studies Notes
The Eastern Mediterranean Notes
Term | Definition |
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secular | means that religion is kept separate from government. |
Judaism | the religion of the Jewish people. It is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion. |
monotheistic | a religion with only one god. |
Diaspora | the dispersal of the Jewish population. |
Zionism | a nationalist movement calling for Jews to reestablish a Jewish state in their ancient homeland, beginning in Europe during the 1800s. |
Kosher | means “fit” in Hebrew and is the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws. |
kibbutz | a large farm where people share everything in common. |
Bedouins | Arabic speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of Southwest Asia. |