Africa & Middle East Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nile River | The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Basin | a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it |
| Sahara | the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa |
| Aquafier | a layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely |
| Oasis | a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface) |
| Aswan High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
| Carthage | an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis |
| Islam | the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life |
| Rai | a kind of Algerian music developed in the 1920s by poor urban children that is fast paced with danceable rhythms |
| Golan Heights | a hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee; a strategic location that has been the site of conflict in Southwest Asia for decades |
| Rub al-Khali | large, sandy desert also named the Empty Quarter. it is located in the southeastern part of Saudi Arabia, but north of Oman |
| Salt Flat | a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
| Desalinization | the removal of salt (especially from sea water) |
| Fossil Water | groundwater that is not replenished by rain |
| Crude Oil | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons |
| Refinery | an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance |
| Mecca | a place that attracts many visitors |
| Islam | the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life |
| Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) |
| Mosque | (Islam) a Muslim place of worship |
| Theocratic | of or relating to or being a theocracy |
| OPEC | an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum |
| Western Wall | what remains of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (the foundation) |
| Dome of the Rock | Muslim shrine containing the rock from which Mohammad is believed to have risen to heaven; Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on the rock |
| Zionism | a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine |
| PLO | a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine |
| Kurds | A minority group in Turkey and neighboring countries |
| Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates |
| Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam |
| Shi'ite | a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs |
| Taliban | a fundamentalist Islamic militia |
| Palestinians | Arabs who lived in the area formely called Palestin, now Israel |
| West Bank | an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river |
| Gaza Strip | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt |
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