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| Fossil Fuels | Oil and Natural Gas/ Nonrenewable resources
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| Desalination | Removal of salt from sea water
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| Irrigation | Bringing water to crops
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| Religion | People's spiritual beliefs about a god
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| Monotheism | Worshiping only one god
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| Islam | Followers are Muslim, word for god is Allah, holy book is Quran, place of worship is a mosque
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| Hunter/Gatherers | Worked full time to meet basic needs
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| Mesopotania | A valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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| Civilization | A culture with people who have specialized jobs
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| O.P.E.C. | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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| Diverse economy | To rely on more than one source of income
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| Oasis | Place in a desert where water can be found
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| Delta | Soil carried downstream and deposited at the mouth of a river
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| Desertification | Land becomes barren and useless usually because of deforestation
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| Suez Canal | Connects Mediterranean sea and the Red sea, and shortens travel
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| Strait of Gibralter | Joins Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and seperates Morocco and Spain
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| Aggriculture | Growing crops and raising livestock
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| Pharaoh | Ruler of ancient egypt
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| Scribe | A person trained to write in ancient egypt
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| 4000 bc | First cities with organized governments
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| Sumer | Had cuneiform writing irrigation
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| City/State | Small country like: Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria
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| Nomads | People who move from place to place grazing their flocks and have no permanent home place
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| Life Expectancy | How long an average person lives
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| GDP | The value of goods and services produced in a year
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| GDP Per Capita | Average Salary for a working adult
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| Literacy Rate | The percent of people who can read, write, and do simple math
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| Rural | Living in the country
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| Urban | Living in the city
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| Government | group of people who can create and enforce laws
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| limited government | actions of the rulers are limited by the laws
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| unlimited government | actions of the leaders are not bound by law
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| representative democracy | the people elect others to make decisions
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| monarchy | leader is the next person in the family line
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| dictatorship | leader takes complete control of government
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| civic participation | voting, knowing/obeying laws, paying taxes, and serving on juries
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| economy | how people use resources to meet their needs and wants
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| economic system | the ways to produce and distribute goods and services
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| produce | to make or grow
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| distribute | to send to places
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| free enterprise | individuals may own businesses, make decisions about buying and selling, and the government makes the rules
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| communist economy | government makes all economic decisions
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| global trade | buying and selling products between nations
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| exports | goods shipped out to other nations
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| imports | goods produced in another country and brought in to be sold
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| industrialized nation | strong manufacturing and large mechanical farms
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| developing nation | few factories manual farming limited healthcare and education
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| subsistence farming | family plot of land that can grow just enough for basic needs with no surplus
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| immigrate | to come into a country to live permanently
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| diplomacy | making decisions through discussion
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| economic region | where people do work based on resources
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| culture | the way of life of a group of people; food, arts, religion, dress
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