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goegraphy chp 15
geography chp 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fertile crescent | the land between the Tigris and Euprhrates Rivers in Iraq and the Jordan River in Isreal |
| Levant | the coastal farming region of Syria, Lebanon and Isreal |
| Maghreb nations | Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria which are farthest west in north Africa |
| aquifer | an underground water source |
| oasis | an area in the desert with enough freshwater to grow crops or sustain life |
| silt | the fertile soil and small rocky peices carried along by running water |
| fertilizer | a material that makes crops grow |
| sirocco | a hot dusty summer wind that sweeps northward from the Sahara |
| Scholar | an expert in at least one subject |
| epic | a long poem about ancient heroes |
| monothesism | a belief in only one God |
| alms | charity to the poor |
| Hajj | the pilgrimage to Mecca that is a religious duty of all Muslims, if they can affort it |
| Islam | the religion that began in Saudi Arabia and that follows the Islamic holy book, The Koran, Muslims are those who follow Islam |
| Messiah | a leader who saves others |
| Ramadan | the ninth month of the Muslim calendar; the month is holy to followers of Islam |
| Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) | An organisation of Arabs in Palestine who want their own homeland |
| Underemployment | when a person trained for one job must accept another job that often pays less and reuires less skills |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | A group of oil producing countries that tries to control the supply of oil by setting production limits |
| Phosphates | materials used to make fertilizer |
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