Chp.21,22,23 vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Agricultural Revolution | hunters and gathers first began to raise plants and animals for food about 8000 B.C. |
Civilization | Complex societies |
Monotheism | belief in only one god |
Protectorates | areas that have their own government but are controlled by an outside power. |
Chaparral | ecosystem based on drought-resistant herbs and bushes |
Poaching | illegal hunting |
Mosque | Islamic place of worship |
Muezzin | crier |
Minerat | tower attached to the mosque |
Desalination Plant | Evaporate seawater to obtain fresh water |
Nomad | people that travel from place to place. |
Trade Deficit | Negative trade balance |
Trade Surplus | Positive trade balance |
Autonomy | Independence |
genocide | systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people` |
Nationalism | desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation |
Chernozen | sound base for agriculture |
Foundamentalism | set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text |
Yurt | Large, portable, round tents made of wooden frames covered with felt or skins |
Desertification | extension of desert landscape through the activities of people and livestock as well as climate changes. |
Mandate | land to be governed by an outside power |
Zionists | to solve oppression by returning to the place they perceived as their homeland |
Self-determination | right to decide their own political future |
Drip irrigation | preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip onto plants from pipes. |
Potash | used in explosives and fertilizers |
Fertile Crescent | Farming and the first civilizations developed. |
Militia | Peoples army |
Anarchy | Lawlessness |
Embargo | Severe restriction on trade with other countries |
Desalination | Plants that remove salt from seawater |
Infrastructure | Comprises a country's basic support facilities |
Falaj System | Underground and surface canals. |
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