Southwest And Central Asia Vocab

Question 0

Refinery

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A place where crude oil is converted into useful products

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Crude oil

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Petroleum that has not been processed

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Salinization

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A solution of salt and water

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Desalinization

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The removal of salt from ocean water

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Silk Road

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The 4,000 mile route named for its high concentration of high-tech companies

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Yurt

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A tent of Central Asia’s nomads

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Oasis

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A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface

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Salt flat

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Flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil

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Mecca

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The holiest city of Islam

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Sunni

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One of the two main branches of Islam, comprising about 83% of all Muslims

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Shi’ite

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One of the two main branches of Islam

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Taliban

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A strict Muslim group in Afghanistan

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Theocracy

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A form of government in which religious leaders control the government

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Western Wall

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For Jews, the holiest site in Jerusalem

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Dome of the Rock

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A shrine in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount

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Zionism

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A movement that began in the 19th century to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine

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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

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A group formed in the 1960s to regain Arab land in Israel for Palestine Arabs

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Kurds

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An ethnic group in Southwest Asia who have been involved in clashes with other countries over land claims

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Mesopotamia

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A region in Southwest Asia, part of the cultural hearth known as the Fertile Crescent

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West Bank

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In Israel, a strip of land set aside for Arab Palestines

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Gaza Strip

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A territory which is part of the land set aside for Palestinians, which was occupied by Israel in 1967