Chapter Six Flashcards
Muezzin
A leader who summons Muslims to pray by chanting
Deity
A god
Mesopotamia
The area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system
Iraq
A country in Western Asia
Palestine
Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River
Steppe
A treeless plain
Collective
A large farm created and owned by a national government
Kazakstan
Country in Central Asia
Silk Road
The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction
Samarkand
Is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan
Desalination
The removal of salt from water
Moshavim
Small farming villages in Israel
Kibbutz
A cooperative settlement found in Israel
Negev desert
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel
Galilee
Galilee is a large region in northern Israel