| A | B |
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| Geography | the study of the earth |
| kibbutz | a collective farm in Israel |
| Pangaea | earth was one landmass |
| continental drift | earth split into continents and began moving away from each other |
| Eurasia | Asia and Europe meet |
| Allah | god of Islam |
| Muslim | follower of Islam |
| cartographer | makes maps |
| equator | middle line around the globe that separates the North and South Hemispheres |
| wadi | temporary river in Saudi Arabia |
| mosque | Islamic worship center |
| Koran | Islamic "bible" |
| Muhammed | founder of Islam |
| delta | mouth of a river |
| island | piece of land entirely surrounded by water |
| peninsula | piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| archipelago | string of islands |
| dispersion | people spread out all over the Earth |
| Iran | Persia today |
| Farsi | Persian language |
| reincarnation | belief that when you die you can come back in another life |
| Nippon | another name for Japan |
| Mao Tse-tung | first communist ruler of China |
| Great Wall of China | only manmade building that can be seen from space |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land that attaches two larger pieces of land |
| Rub 'al Khali | desert of Saudi Arabia |
| desalinization | process of removing saline from sea water to make it drinkable |
| Hindi | language of India |
| Hindu | religion of India |
| Mecca and Medina | two holy cities of Islam |
| caste system | social system of India that classifies people and makes it difficult to advance in that country |
| Forbidden City | royal palace of the emperors of China |
| People's Republic of China | China's full name |
| North Korea | communist |
| Koine Greek | language New Testament was written in |
| Demotic Greek | language spoken today |
| The Netherlands | other name for Holland |
| polder | land reclaimed from the sea by building sea walls and pumping out the sea water |
| Germany | birthplace of Protestantism |
| Switzerland | stays neutral during war time |
| Iberian Peninsula | shared by Spain and Portugal |
| Europe | birthplace of Western civilization |
| Taj Mahal | a tomb |
| Official Church of England | also called Anglican Church |
| Scotland | speak Gaelic |
| kilts | Scottish skirts worn by men |
| Norsemen | another name for Vikings |
| Prime Meridian | imaginary line running from East to West around the Earth |
| Hydrological Cycle | evaporation, condensation, precipitation |
| India | subcontinent |
| Fertile Crescent | narrow strip of land that is very fertile |
| Kaaba | religious shrine in the mosque at Mecca |
| Chunnel | 31-mile-long tunnel that runs between the English Channel |
| Eire | name for Irish people |
| Africa | Dark Continent |
| Aboriginees | natives of Australia |
| Drake's Passage | connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Mestizo | mixed person of Indian and Spanish descent |
| Incas | Indians of Peru |
| Fidel Castro | communist ruler of Cuba |
| Aztecs | ruled by Montezuma |
| Montezuma's Curse | non native people get sick from drinking the water |
| Rio Grande | separates the USA from Mexico |
| Norsemen | first Europeans in what is now America |
| Mounties | Canada's royal police |
| Oceania | vast region of the Pacific Ocean that includes Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia |
| Australia | owners of the Great Barrier Reef |
| Apartheid | system in South Africa where the white minority ruled over the black majority |
| Pharoah | ancient god/king of Egypt |
| Mt. Kilimanjaro | highest point in Africa |
| Nomad | person who wanders around without a permanent dwelling |
| democracy | government system developed by the Greeks that means rule by the people |
| Moors | Muslims who settled in Spain |
| fjords | water inlets along the coast where glaciers cut grooves inland and now the ocean fills them |
| Auschwitz | largest concentration camp of WWII |
| Panama Canal | manmade waterway that separated Central and South America |
| Serengeti Plain | huge wildlife preserve in Africa |
| Afrikaner | South Africans of mainly Dutch descent |
