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Chapter 11 Vocab. Words
chapter 11 vocab words
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02/15/2010

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Arabian Peninsula
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Peninsula of Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and Persian Golf.
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Anatolian Peninsula
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In Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and Mediterranean.
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Plateau of Iran
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A high plateau in central and Eastern Iran, surrounded by mountains.
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Tigris River
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A river of southwest Asia that flows from a plateauon the anatolian penisula to the Perisan Golf.
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Euphartes River
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A river of southwest Asia that flows from a plateau on the Anatolian peninsula to the Perisan Golf.
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Oasis
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Fertile or green spot in desert created by underground water comeing to the surface.
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Plateau
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A high area of flat land.
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Subcontinet
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A large landmass that is part of a continent but is concidered a seperate region.
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Himalayas
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The hightest mountain in the world, which is stretched along northern India, seperating it from the rest of Asia.
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Mount Everest
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The world's tallest mountain, locatd in the Himalayas.
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Decan Platuau
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A high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent.
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Indus River
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A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian sea.
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Ganges River
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a river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
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Monsoon
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A seasonal wind system that produces a wet or dry peirod in a region.
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Cyclone
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A violent storm with fierce windsthat rotate in a circular pattern like a hurrican.
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Tsunami
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A series of giant, destructive waves caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanos, or landslides.
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Famine
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A server shortage of food that causes widespread hunger.
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Mesopotamia
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The land between the Tigris and Euphrates river.
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Silt
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The fine soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands,
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Civilization
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An advanced form of culture that developed in cities.
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Sumer
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A region of city-states in Mesopotamia that was a home to the first civilation.
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City-State
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A political unti made up of a city and its surrounding lands.
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Ziggurat
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A temple built atop of series of increasling smaller platforms.
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Polytheistic
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Beliveing in many gods.
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Cuneiform
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The first-known writing system, which used wedge-shape sybols ad was developed in Sumer
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Fertile Cresent
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A region stretching from the Persian Golf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates riversand west over the Mediterian sea.
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Hammurabi's Code
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One of the world's first law codes, complied the ruler Hammurabi.
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Harappan Civilzation
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An anciet civilization that developed along the Indus River.
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Grid
Definition
a network of horizontal and vertical lines that create squares or rectangles.
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