Ch. 21, 22, & 23 MUN Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 agricultural revolution | when hunters and gatherers first began to raise plants and animals for food in about 8000 B.C. |
| civilization | developed writing, complex societies, and states |
| monotheism | the belief in only one god |
| protectorates | areas that have their own government but are controlled by an outside power |
| chaparral | an ecosystem based on drought-resistant herbs and bushes/dominant near the coasts of the Black and Mediterranean seas |
| poaching | illegal hunting |
| mosque | Islamic places of worship |
| muezzin | a crier that climbs the minaret five times a day to call people to prayer |
| minaret | the tower attached to the mosque that the muezzin climbs |
| desalination plants | evaporate seawater to obtain fresh water |
| nomads | people who travel from place to place |
| trade surplus | when a country exports more than it imports and has a positive trade balance |
| trade deficit | when a country imports more than it exports and has a negative trade balance |
| autonomy | independence |
| genocide | the systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people |
| nationalism | the desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation |
| chernozem | a rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands/provides a sound base for agriculture |
| Fundamentalism | a set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text |
| yurts | large, portable, round tents made of wooden frames covered with felt or skins |
| Desertification | the extension of the desert landscape through the activities of people and livestock as well as climatic changes |
| mandate | referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence |
| self-determination | the right to decide their own political future |
| Zionism | the movement for the re-establishing an independent Jewish national state in the Middle East |
| drip irrigation | a process that preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip onto plants from pipes |
| potash | a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in the Middle East where farming and the first civilizations developed |
| militia | citizen army |
| anarchy | lawlessness |
| embargo | a severe restriction on trade with other countries |
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