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Chapter 23

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Mandate   referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence  
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Self determination   the right to decide their own political future  
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Zionists   after the hill in Jerusalem to which jews had always prayed to return  
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Drip irrigation   preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip onto plants from pipes  
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Potash   used in explosives and fertilizer  
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Fertile Crescent   ran through this area where farming and the first civilizations developed  
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Militia   citizen army  
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Anarchy   lawlessness  
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Embargo   severe restriction on trade with other countries  
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Desalination   remove the salt from the seawater  
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Infrastructure   comprises a country's basic support facilities  
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Falaj System   ancient system of underground and surface canals  
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Secular   that it should be run without religious influence  
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Shah   Ruler  
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Ayatollahs   conservative religious leaders  
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