TWIP Chapter 18 Vocab
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ladygagadisco on January 8, 2010
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TWIP Chapter 18 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 migrate | to move from one place to another |
| bedouins | Arab nomads |
| kibbutz | a farming village whose members own everything in common |
| moshav | a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms |
| Holocaust | the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
| wadi | a riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons (arroyo) |
| desalinization | to remove salts and other chemicals from sea or saline water |
| caliph | the title of the successor to Muhammad |
| alluvial plain | an area of fertile soil deposited by river floodwaters |
| embargo | a government order imposing a trade barrier |
| shah | king (Muslim) |
| Islamic republic | a government run by Muslim religious leaders |
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