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chapter 15
North Africa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arid | very dry having almost no rainfall |
| Desertification | a gradual transformation from fertile to less productive land |
| Alluvial plain | flat area of land next to a stream of river that floods |
| Silt | fine particles of soil deposited along river banks |
| Irrigation | the process of redirecting water to crops through channels and ditches |
| Petroleum | raw materials used to produce oil |
| Nonrenewable | cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use |
| Fault | a fracture In Earth's crust |
| Oasis | a fertile place with water in a dry desert |
| Qanat | a man made tunnel |
| cultural hearth | center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread |
| agricultural revolution | a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants |
| domesticate | to keep and use animals as a source of labor and food |
| city-state | an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it |
| cuneiform | the earliest known form of writing, from Sumeria |
| monotheistic | the religious belief in one god |
| messiah | a leader or savior |
| pilgrimage | center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread |
| diffusion | spreading out |
| adherent | follower of a religion, cause, or person |
| sultan | a leader or ruler of the ottoman empire |
| religious tolerance | the acceptance of other religions |
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