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Ch. 21,22,23 Vocab
world geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agricultural revolution | the change from nomadic hunting and gathering to farming that took place about 8000 B.C |
| civilization | an advanced culture |
| monotheism | the belief in one God |
| protectorate | an area that has its own government but is controlled by an outside power |
| chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates |
| poaching | Illegal Hunting |
| mosque | an Islamic place of religious worship |
| muezzin | in Islam, a crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day from a minaret. |
| minaret | a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque |
| desalination plant | the transformation of arable into desert either naturally or through human intervention |
| nomad | a person who travels from place to place |
| trade deficit | the situation in which a country imports more than it imports |
| trade surplus | the situation in which a country exports more than it imports |
| autonomy | |
| genocide | |
| nationalism | |
| chernozem | |
| fundamentalism | |
| yurt | |
| deserification | |
| mandate | |
| zionist | |
| self-determination | |
| drip irrigation | |
| potash | |
| fertile crescent | |
| militia | |
| anarchy | |
| embargo | |
| infrastructure | |
| falaj system | |
| secular | |
| shah | |
| ayatollah |