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Chapter 15

North Africa

TermDefinition
A fertile Place with water in a dry desert area Oasis
The process of redirecting water through tunnels and ditches Irrigation
Cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with it's use Nonrenewable
Raw materials used to produce oil Petroleum
Gradual transformation from fertile to less productive land Desertification
Fine partials of soil deposited along river banks Silt
A human made under ground tunnel on the Iranian-Plateau, used for carrying water to mounations Qanat
Flat area of land next to a steam or river that floods Alluvial Plain
Very dry having almost no rainfall Arid
Fracture in Earth's crust Fault
Center of civilization from witch ideas and technology spread Cultural Heath
A independent state made up of a city and the territory's depending on it City-Sate
Spreading out Dispersing
The earliest form of writing from Sumeria Cuneiform
The acceptance of different religions to be practice same time without prejudice Religious Tolerance
Religious belief in one god or deity Monotheism
A leader or savior Messiah
A period when humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants Agricultural Revolution
Follower of a religion, cause or person Pilgrimage
To keep and use animals as a source of labor and food Domesticate
A leader or ruler of the ottoman empire Sultain
Coffin Sarcophagus
A stone monument built as a tomb in ancient Egypt Pyrimids
A source of electricity using flowing water to produce electricity Hydroelectricity
A ancient form of writing that uses pictures and symbols Hieroglyphs
A series of rulers form the same family Dynasty
A burial place Tomb
A king in ancient Egypt Pharaoh
A god or goddess Diety
A paper like material invented in ancient Egypt Papyrus
The low-lying land next to rivers, formed by sediment left by flooding Floodplain
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