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| The study of maps of the Earth |
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| The construction and designs of maps |
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| An imaginary line that separates the western and eastern hemisphere of Earth running vertical |
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| Molten material located below the Earth's surface |
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| A vent in the Earth's surface that releases lava steam and ashes. |
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| The weather condition in a certain area or region |
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| a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used. |
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| the total national income divided by the number of people in the nation. |
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| a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour. |
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| any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life. |
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| a form of energy obtained from within the earth, originating in its core; also, energy produced by extracting the earth's internal heat. |
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| 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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| an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices. |
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| a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali |
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| the daily fast that is rigidly enjoined from dawn until sunset during this and is the ninth month of the Muslin Calender |
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| the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. |
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| a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well. |
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| perennially frozen subsoil |
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| a large group or chain of islands |
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| a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry |
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| an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. |
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| a similar design, often ornamented, used on maps to indicate the points of the compass |
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| to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire). |
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| of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam |
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| a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam |
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| a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam. |
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| the belief in more than one god |
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| a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all |
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| Arab prophet: founder of Islam |
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| that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide. |
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| the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned. |
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| a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. |
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| an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption. |
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| a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land. |
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| an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly |
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| a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion |
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| a Muslim temple or place of public worship. |
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| the Supreme Being; God of Islam |
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