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Chap 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 soil |
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 idea and technology |
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 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 | Follow 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 |
Pilgrimage | A religious journey |
Sarcophagus | Coffin |
Pyramid | A stone monument built as a tomb in ancient Egypt |
Hydroelectric power | A source of energy that use flowing water to produce electricity |
Hieroglyphics | An ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols |
Dynasty | 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 |