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60- Vocab Flashcards

1
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Dynasty

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Ruling family that last several of generations

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Imams

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Muslim priest

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3
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Bedouins

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Nomads from Southwest Asia

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OPEC

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Organization of petroleum exporting countries

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5
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Theocracy

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Government ruled from religion

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6
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Zionism

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Jews go back to Palastine

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7
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Holocaust

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When they killed millions of Jews in World War II

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8
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Mandates

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Territory owned by a distant country

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Secular

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Nonreligious

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Erg

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A sea of sand

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11
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Wadis

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Dried up Rivers that fills up when it rains

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12
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Hieroglyphs

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Egyptian writing system that used pictures

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13
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Fellahin

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Farmers in North America

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14
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Desertification

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When the land turns to a desert

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15
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Staple

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National dish

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16
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Millet

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A grain that doesn’t die in a drought

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17
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Sorghum

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A grain that doesn’t die in a drought

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18
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tsetse fly

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Fly that carry sleeping sickness

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19
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Genocide

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Killing of an ethnic group

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20
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Biodiversity

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Variety of plants and animals

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21
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Apartheid

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Police that force Africans to separate

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22
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Oasis

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A small lake in the desert

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23
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Sanctions

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Penalties to force a country to change

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24
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Informal sector

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Economy made up of self-employed people

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Subcontinent

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Large land smaller than a country

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Pantheon

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All the gods

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Sepoys

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Indian troops that were in control under the British rule

28
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Boycott

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To stop buying goods from business

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Partition

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Division of India

30
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Caste

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A system of hierarchy and which people are born into a position of society

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Jute

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Plant fiber use for making ropes

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Protectorate

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Country forfeits so they can have protection

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Paddy

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Wetland where rice is grown

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Subsistence farming

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When you only farm enough for yourself

35
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Communes

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Farms get together for organizing

36
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SEZ’s

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Special economic zones; places to attract companies in China

37
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Martial law

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Military takes over

38
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tsunami

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Large waves created by underwater earthquake

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Shogun

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Powerful warlord in Japan

40
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Samurai

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Warriors of the show gun

41
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Annex

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To join a country

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Armistice

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Truce

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DMZ

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Demilitarized zone; place where enemies may not enter

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Subsidies

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Financial support from the government

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Trade surplus

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Country exports more than it imports

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Urban Agglomeration

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Densely populated area around the city

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Arboreal

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Tree dwelling

48
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Domino theory

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When a country becomes communist neighboring countries will follow

49
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Klongs

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Canals of Thailand

50
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Archipelago

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Large group of islands

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Endemic species

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Animals that are native to the area

52
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Wallace’s line

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Line is that separates the animals in the Pacific

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Homogeneous

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The same kind; Population made of the same ethnic group

54
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Slash and burn agriculture

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Slashing the trees and Burning it for farming

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Aborigines

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Natives of Australia

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Outback

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Dry part of Australia

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Marsupials

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Mammals with pouches

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Haka

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Natives of New Zealand war dance

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Rapa nue

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Easter Island

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I TCZ

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Intertropical convergence zone; north and south winds meet at the equator

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Atoll

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Ring-shaped coral islands

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Pidgin languages

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Simplify languages for ease communication

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Matrilineal

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Social system characterized by the mothers side of the family

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EEZ

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Exclusive economic zone; zone that’s 200 miles away from a country’s shore but that has resources

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Maori

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Natives of New Zealand

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