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World Geography- ch.18
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7th Grade
02/07/2012

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fellahin
Definition
peasant farmers
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phosphates
Definition
minerals used in fertilizers
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dictatorship
Definition
a government under the rule of one all-powerful leader
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trade sanction
Definition
an effort to punish a country by using trade barriers
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casbahs
Definition
older sections with narrow streets and bazaars
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civil war
Definition
a conflict between different groups within a country
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constitutional monarchy
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in which a king or queen is head of state but elected officials run the government
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secular
Definition
nonreligious, society
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bedouin
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nomads who traditionally raise livestock
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kibbutz
Definition
farmers share all of the work and property
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moshav
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members share in the work, but each can also own some private property
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clans
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groups of families related by blood or marriage
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alluvial plain
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an area built by rich soil left by river floods
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embargo
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an order that restricts trade with another country
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cash crop
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farm product grown for sale as an export
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faults
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cracks in the Earth's crust caused by colliding tectonic plates
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genocide
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the deliberate killing of an ethnic group
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enclave
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a small territory surrounded by a larger territory
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