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Chapter 15
North Africa
Term | Definition |
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Oasis | a fertile place with water in a dry desert area |
Irrigation | the process of redirecting water to crops through channels and ditches |
Nonrenewable | cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use |
Petroleum | raw materials used to produce oil |
Desertification | a gradual transformation from fertile to less productive land |
Slit | fine particles of soil deposited along riverbanks |
Qanat | a human-made underground tunnel on the Iranian plateau, used for carrying water from the mountains |
Alluvial Plain | flat area of land next to a stream of river that floods |
Arid | very dry, having almost no rainfall |
Fault | fracture in earth's crust |
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 |
Diffusion | spreading out |
Cuneiform | the earliest known form of writing, from Sumeria |
Religious Tolerance | the acceptance of different religions to be practiced at the same time, without prejudice |
Monotheistic | related to a religious belief in one god or deity |
Messiah | a leader or savior |
Agricultural | a period in which humans began to grow crops |
Adherent | follower of a religion, cause, or person |
Domesticate | to keep and use animals as a source of labor and food |
Sultan | a leader or ruler of the Ottoman Empire |
Sarcophagus | coffin |
Pyramid | a stone monument built as a tomb in ancient Egypt |
Hydroelectric Power | a source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity |
Hieroglyphics | an ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols |
Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
Tomb | a burial place |
Pharaoh | a king in ancient Egypt |
Deity | a god or goddess |
Papyrus | a paper-like material invented in ancient Egypt |
Floodplain | the low-lying land next to rivers, formed by sediment left by flooding |