Chapter 21, 22, 23 Vocabulary
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Agriculture Revolution | The change from nomadic hunting and gathering to
farming that took place anout 8000 B.C.
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Civilization | An advanced culture
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Monotheism | The belief in one God
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Protectorate | An are that has its own government
but is controlled by outsode power
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Chaparral | A type of natural vegetation that is adapted to
Mediterranean climates; small evergreen
trees and low bushes, or scrub
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Poaching | Illegal hunting
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Mosque | An islamic place of religious worship
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Muezzin | In Islan, a crier who calls the faithful to prayer
five times each from minaret
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Minaret | A tall slender tower attatched to mosque
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Desalinatation | The process of removing salt from seawater
so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation.
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Nomad | A person who travels from place to place
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Trade Deficit | The situation in which a country imprts more than it exports.
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Trade Surplus | The situation in which a country exports more than it imports
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Autonomy | Independence
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Genocide | The systemic killing or intentional
Destruction of people
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Nationalism | Pride in ones nation; the desire of cultural
group the rule themselves as a seperate nation
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Chernozem | A rivh topsoil in the russian steppes and other
mid lattiyptude graslamds
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Yurt | A round tent of wooden framework
and covered with felt or skins
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Fundamentalism | A set of religious beliefs based on a strict
interprettionmof a sacred text
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Desertification | The transformation of Arable lando into desert
either naturally or through human intervention.
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Mandate | A commiission from the league of Nations authorizing
A nation to govern territory
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Zionist | A member of a movement know as Zionism,
Founded to promote the establishment of an
Independent jewish state
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Self Determination | The right of a people to decide their own political future
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Drip irrigation | A process by which precicesly controlled amounts
Of water drip directly onto plants from pipes. Thus preserving
Precious water recources in dry areas
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Potash | A ineral used in explosives and fertilizer
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Fertile cresent | A region in the middle east where farming and the
first civilizations developed
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Militia | A citizen army
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Anarchy | Political disorder and violence: lawkessness
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Embargo | A severe restriction of trade with other countries
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Infrastructure | Yhe basic support facilities of a community or county
such as roads and bridges power plants and schools
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Falaj system | In the arabian penninsula, an ancient system of
underground and surface canals
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Secular | Worldly, not relating to religion
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Shah | The title of the former ruler of Iran
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Ayatollah | A religious leader among the shiite Muslums
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