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CH. 18 Vocabulary
North Africa, Southwest Asia, or Central Asia Today
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constitutional monarchy | a form of government in which a king or queen is head of state but elected officials run many of the affairs of government |
| fellahin | Egyptian peasant farmers |
| moshav | a settlement in Israel in which members share in the work, but each can own some private property |
| cash crop | a farm product grown for sale as an export |
| secular | nonreligious |
| enclave | a small territory surrounded by a larger territory |
| genocide | the deliberate killing of an ethnic group |
| trade sanction | an effort to punish a country by using trade barriers |
| bedouin | desert nomads in Southwest Asia and North Africa |
| phosphates | minerals used in fertilizers |
| civil war | a conflict between different groups inside a country |
| fault | a crack in the Earth's crust caused by colliding tectonic plates |
| embargo | an order that restricts trade with another country |
| kibbutz | settlement in Israel in which farmers share all of the work and property |
| alluvial plain | an area of land built up by rich soil left by river floods |
| dictatorship | government under the rule of one all-powerful leader |
| clan | a group of families related by blood or marriage |
| casbah | an older section of North African city, especially Algiers |