world cultures midterm
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- cataract
- large waterfall
- cuneiform
- sumerian writing
- oasis
- fertile area in a desert
- hieroglyphics
- form of writing that used pictures and symbols
- guerilla warfare
- hit and run attacks by small bands or fighters
- messiah
- savior chosen by god
- desalination
- process of converting sea water into fresh water
- mosque
- muslim house of worship
- occupied territory
- land captured by Israel from Arab nations
- parable
- short stories with simple moral lessons
- fertigation
- method of pumping water and fertilizer to the roots of plants
- democratization
- move toward multiparty system of government
- hajj
- pilgrimage from mecca
- refugee
- person who has fled his or her homeland to seek safety elsewhere
- ziggurat
- many tiered temple of the summarians
- hydroelectric power
- energy produced by moving water
- escarpment
- steep cliffs
- caligraphy
- art of beautiful writing
- lineage
- group that traces its descent to a common ancestor
- diaspora
- scattering of people
- intifada
- palestinian uprising against Israli rule
- apartheid
- system of rigid separation of races
- consensus
- common agreement
- economic sanction
- cutoff of trade and financial aid
- reprisal
- forceful acts in response to an injury
- pan-arabism
- movement to unite all Arabs based on their common language and culture
- multinational corporation
- huge enterprises with branches in many countries
- elite
- small group of people with high social satus
- mandate
- territory administered but not owned by a member of the league of nations
- shariah
- islamic law
- ethnicity
- attachment to ones own group
- crusade
- christian holy war against the muslims
- theocracy
- nation ruled by religious leaders
- griot
- storyteller
- anti- semitism
- hatred of jews
- nonalignment
- policy of favoring neither side
- hejira
- muhammads migration to medina from mecca
- alley cropping
- method of limiting erosion
- leaching
- dissolving nutrients and washing them away from the soil