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Agriculture
6th Grade
05/28/2009

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Monotheistic
Definition
only worshiping one god
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Zionism
Definition
a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.
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Anwar Sadat
Definition
Anwar was the president of Israel and latter on assassinated because he tried have peace with palistien.
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Diaspora
Definition
the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.
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Netanyahu
Definition
Benjamin, born 1949, Israeli prime minister 1996–99.
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Mohamed
Definition
Also, Mohammed, Mahomet. a.d. 570–632, Arab prophet: founder of Islam.
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Ottoman
Definition
of or pertaining to the Ottoman Empire.
of or pertaining to the lands, peoples, and possessions of the Ottoman Empire.
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Refuge Camps
Definition
Where Palestinians went. It was vary tough and a crude place.
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Theodor Herzl
Definition
Starter of Zionism.
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Holocaust
Definition
3. (usually initial capital letter) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually prec. by the).
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Koran
Definition
The sacred text of Islam, considered by Muslims to contain the revelations of God to Muhammad. Also called Alcoran.
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Sick man of Europe
Definition
European country experiencing a time of economic difficulty and/or poverty.
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Islam
Definition
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
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Maaseiah
Definition
The savior
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pope
Definition
the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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5 pillars
Definition
I now them.
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Middle passage
Definition
the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
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Boers
Definition
a South African of Dutch extraction.
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partied
Definition
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
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Slave Trade
Definition
the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, esp. black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
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Yaweh
Definition
Yaweh is the word for god for jews.
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Berlin Conference
Definition
regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period,
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Allah
Definition
God, especially in Islam
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six day war
Definition
a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
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British Mandate
Definition
When British basically took care of its surrounding countries in a rescission.
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oasis
Definition
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
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Afrikaners
Definition
A dutch/African
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Suez Canal
Definition
a canal in NE Egypt, cutting across the Isthmus of Suez and connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 107 mi. (172 km) long.
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Red Sea
Definition
an arm of the Indian Ocean, extending NW between Africa and Arabia: connected to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal. 1450 mi. (2335 km) long; 170,000 sq. mi. (440,300 sq. km); greatest depth, 7254 ft. (2211 m).
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Imperialism
Definition
the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
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Nile River
Definition
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria
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Sugar Cane
Definition
A tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Saccharin officialism) having thick, solid, tough stems that are a chief commercial source of sugar.
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escarpments
Definition
ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position.
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Great Trek
Definition
eastward and north-eastward migration during the 1830s and 1840s of the Boers
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extended families
Definition
(loosely) one's family conceived of as including aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and sometimes close friends and colleagues.
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Location
Definition
Location is an area where you are planning to put something.
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Cape Town
Definition
a seaport in and the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the SW part: also capital of Cape of Good Hope province. 1,108,000.
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Diviners/Healers
Definition
Diviners and Healers are men and women that help define the relationships between human and spirit contact.
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passbook Laws
Definition
in South Africa were designed to segregate the population and limit severely the movements of the non-white populace
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Israelite
Definition
a descendant of Jacob, esp. a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
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Sunni
Definition
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for la
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Shiite
Definition
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
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pan African
Definition
the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.
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Camp David
Definition
an area, closed to the public, in Catoctin Mountain Park in N central Maryland: presidential retreat with guests' quarters and conference facilities.
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