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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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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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Theocracy

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Government ruled from religion

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Zionism

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Jews go back to Palastine

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Holocaust

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When they killed millions of Jews in World War II

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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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Wadis

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Dried up Rivers that fills up when it rains

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Hieroglyphs

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Egyptian writing system that used pictures

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Fellahin

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Farmers in North America

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Desertification

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When the land turns to a desert

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Staple

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National dish

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Millet

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A grain that doesn’t die in a drought

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Sorghum

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A grain that doesn’t die in a drought

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tsetse fly

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Fly that carry sleeping sickness

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Genocide

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Killing of an ethnic group

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Biodiversity

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Variety of plants and animals

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Apartheid

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Police that force Africans to separate

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Oasis

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A small lake in the desert

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Sanctions

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Penalties to force a country to change

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Informal sector

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Economy made up of self-employed people

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Subcontinent
Large land smaller than a country
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Pantheon
All the gods
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Sepoys
Indian troops that were in control under the British rule
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Boycott
To stop buying goods from business
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Partition
Division of India
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Caste
A system of hierarchy and which people are born into a position of society
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Jute
Plant fiber use for making ropes
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Protectorate
Country forfeits so they can have protection
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Paddy
Wetland where rice is grown
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Subsistence farming
When you only farm enough for yourself
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Communes
Farms get together for organizing
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SEZ's
Special economic zones; places to attract companies in China
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Martial law
Military takes over
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tsunami
Large waves created by underwater earthquake
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Shogun
Powerful warlord in Japan
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Samurai
Warriors of the show gun
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Annex
To join a country
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Armistice
Truce
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DMZ
Demilitarized zone; place where enemies may not enter
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Subsidies
Financial support from the government
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Trade surplus
Country exports more than it imports
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Urban Agglomeration
Densely populated area around the city
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Arboreal
Tree dwelling
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Domino theory
When a country becomes communist neighboring countries will follow
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Klongs
Canals of Thailand
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Archipelago
Large group of islands
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Endemic species
Animals that are native to the area
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Wallace's line
Line is that separates the animals in the Pacific
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Homogeneous
The same kind; Population made of the same ethnic group
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Slash and burn agriculture
Slashing the trees and Burning it for farming
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Aborigines
Natives of Australia
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Outback
Dry part of Australia
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Marsupials
Mammals with pouches
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Haka
Natives of New Zealand war dance
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Rapa nue
Easter Island
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I TCZ
Intertropical convergence zone; north and south winds meet at the equator
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Atoll
Ring-shaped coral islands
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Pidgin languages
Simplify languages for ease communication
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Matrilineal
Social system characterized by the mothers side of the family
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EEZ
Exclusive economic zone; zone that's 200 miles away from a country's shore but that has resources
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Maori
Natives of New Zealand

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