| A | B |
| capital | money |
| cataracts | large waterfalls or steep rapids |
| hindus | the followers of the hindu religion |
| filipinos | natives of the philippine island |
| five pillars of islam | the five major religious practices of muslims |
| ikebana | the japanese art of flower arranging |
| kana | a japanese system of writing with symbols |
| lineage | a group of people who are descended from a common ancestor |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| mosques | muslim houses of worship |
| muezzin | a muslim who calls the hour of daily prayers from the town mosque |
| poaching | taking game or fish illegally |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| relief | the elevations of land surface |
| souk | a marketplace in southwest asia or north africa |
| torah | the holy book of judaism |
| tramping | nem zealand term for mountain hiking |
| quran | islam's holy scripture |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior to another |
| shariah | law code drawn from islam's holy scripture, the quran |