Unit 7 Vocab -Part 1

Question 1

Alluvial Soil

Answer 1

Deposit of rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by running water

Question 2

Oasis

Answer 2

Small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found

Question 3

Cereal

Answer 3

Any grain, such as barley, oats, or wheat, grown for food

Question 4

Pastoralism

Answer 4

The raising of livestock

Question 5

Wadi

Answer 5

In the desert, a streamed that is dry except during a heavy rain

Question 6

Ziggurat

Answer 6

Large step-like temple of mud brick built in ancient Mesopotamia

Question 7

Cuneiform

Answer 7

Sumerian writing system using wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets

Question 8

Hieroglyphics

Answer 8

Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent words or sounds

Question 9

Domesticate

Answer 9

To adapt plants and animals from the wild to make them useful to people

Question 10

Qanat

Answer 10

Underground canal used in water systems

Question 11

Atlas Mountains

Answer 11

Red Square

Question 12

Mediterranean

Answer 12

Purple Circle

Question 13

Sinai Peninsula

Answer 13

Orange Circle

Question 14

Arabian Peninsula

Answer 14

Pink Circle

Question 15

Red Sea

Answer 15

Dark Blue Circle

Question 16

Persian Gulf

Answer 16

Light Blue Circle

Question 17

Euphrates River

Answer 17

Green Line

Question 18

Tigris River

Answer 18

Purple Line

Question 19

Caspian Sea

Answer 19

Green Circle

Question 20

Aral Sea

Answer 20

Red Circle

Question 21

Caucasus Mountains

Answer 21

Pink Square

Question 22

Asir Mountains

Answer 22

Green Square

Question 23

Nile River

Answer 23

Red Line