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Chapter 15
North Africa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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