Chapter Six Flashcards

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Muezzin

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A leader who summons Muslims to pray by chanting

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Deity

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A god

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Mesopotamia

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The area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system

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Iraq

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A country in Western Asia

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Palestine

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Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River

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Steppe

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A treeless plain

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Collective

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A large farm created and owned by a national government

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Kazakstan

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Country in Central Asia

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Silk Road

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The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction

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Samarkand

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Is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan

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Desalination

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The removal of salt from water

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Moshavim

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Small farming villages in Israel

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Kibbutz

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A cooperative settlement found in Israel

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Negev desert

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The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel

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Galilee

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Galilee is a large region in northern Israel

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Jordan river

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River in West Asia flowing to the Dead Sea

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Hajj

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The pilgrimage made by Muslims to Mecca

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Diversify

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In business to extend activities to other areas

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Mecca

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A city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia

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Riyadh

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Capital of Saudi Arabia

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Radiation poisoning

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A sickness caused by radiation

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Semey

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Is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan

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Aral Sea

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The Aral Sea was a lake lying between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan