Middle East and North Africa test
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Created by:
lexi1226 on March 31, 2010
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Social Studies Vocabulary 6th grade
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8 terms
Dutch | English |
|---|---|
 shadoof | looks like an abstract sculpture |
| wadi | dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert |
| erg | large areas of soft sands and dunes |
| oasis | fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available |
| steppe | partly dry grassland often found on the edge of a desert |
| nomad | person who lived by moving from place to place to follow herds of migrating animals that they hunt or to lead herds of grazing animals of fresh pasture |
| aquifer | underground layer of rock through which water flows |
| desalinization | process of treating sea water to remove salts and minerals and make it drinkable |
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