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22448 SW ASIA
Vocab For SW ASIA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Golan Heights | Hilly plateau overlooking Jordan River and Sea of Galilea. |
| Wadi | Riverbeds that remain dry except during rainy seasons |
| Tigris River | One of the most important rivers |
| Euphrates River | one of the most important rivers |
| Jordan River | provides water for Lebanon |
| Dead Sea | Landlocked salt lake |
| Rub al-Khali | desert known as the also Empty Quarter |
| Oasis` | an area in a desert that has vegatation |
| Salt Flat | Created by evaporation in soil, leaving chemical salts |
| Drip Irrigation | process of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water used for crops |
| Desalinization | removal of salt from the ocean |
| Fossil Water | water pumped from underground aquifers |
| Crude Oil | Petroleum that hasn't been processed |
| Refinery | where crude oill is pumped from the ground. |
| Mecca | Holiest city of the islam religion |
| Islam | Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of muhammad. |
| Muhammad | a prophet of islam. |
| Mosque | A place of worship |
| Theoratic | where a religous leaders have control over the government |
| OPEC | organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. |
| Western Wall | Only remain of the Second Temple |
| Dome of the Rock | A muslim shrine considered holy |
| Zionism | A movement to create and support a jewish homeland |
| Palestine Liberation Organization | was created to regain the land for Palestanian Arabs |
| Kurds | An etnic group in Southwestern Asia. |
| Mesopotamia | "The land between the rivers" an are of land where the empires of Sumer,Babylonia,Assyria, and Chaldea once existed. |
| Sunni | A branch of muslims that live in Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan |
| Shi'ite | Another muslim branch. They live in Iran and Afghanistan |
| Taliban | A muslim political group that imposed strict rules on the manner in which people behaved. |
| Guest Workers | Unskilled laborers |
| Stateless Nation | A nation of people w/o a land to legally occupy |
| Palestinians | A goup that has been displaced from Palestine |
| West Bank | A strip of land on the west of the Jordan River |
| Gaza Strip | a territory along the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Sinai Peninsula |
| Strategic Commodity | A resource so vital nations will go to war for a steady supply |
| Human Resources | The skills and talents of other people |
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