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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 |
silt | 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 prejudiced |
Monotheistic | related to a religious belief in one god or deity |
Messiah | a leader or savior |
agricultural revolution | a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants |
adherent | follower of a religion cause or person |
to keep and use animals as a source of labor and food | |
Sultan | a leader or ruler of the ottoman empire |
cultural Hearth | center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread |
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 electricty |
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 |