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chapter 15
north africa
Term | Definition |
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Arid | very dry,having almost no rainfall |
silt | fine particles of soil deposited along riverbanks |
nonrenewable | cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use |
desertification | a gradual transfotmation from fertile to less productive land |
irrigation | the process of redirecting water to crops through channels and ditches |
fault | fracture in Earth's crust |
alluvial | flat area of land next to a stream of river that floods |
petroleum | raw material used to produce oil |
oasis | a fertile place with water in a dry desert area |
Qanat | a human made underground tunnel on the Iranian plateau used for carrying water from the mountains |
floodplain | the low lying land next to rivers formed by sediment left by flooding |
dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
deity | a God or goddness |
sarcophagus | coffin |
hydroelectric power | a source energy that uses flowing water to produce elecricity |
pyamid | a stone monument built as a tomb in ancient egypt |
papyrus | a paper like material invented in ancient egypt |
hieroglyphics | an ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols |
pharoh | a king in ancient egypt |
tomb | a burial place |
sarcophagus | coffin |
cultural hearth | center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread |
city state | an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it |
messiah | a leader or savior |
adherent | follower of a religion or person |
cuneiform | the earliest known from of writing |
agricultural revolution | a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants |
sultan | a leader or ruler of the ottoman empire |
domesticate | to keep ans use animals as a source of labor and food |
monotheistic | related to a religious belief in one God or deity |
diffusion | spreading out |
religious tolerance | the acceptance of different religious to be practiced at the same time |