| A | B |
|---|
| exotic River | Streams that flow from humid environments across deserts into seas |
| fossil water | ground water that is not being replaced by rain fall |
| furrow | narrow trench |
| Judaism | the religion of the jews |
| Christianity | Developed outa jewdaism, that christ feller |
| Islam | was founded by the prophet muhammad |
| Muslim | some one that follows Islam is a muslim |
| Qur'an | the book of muhammad's teaching |
| monotheism | the belief of only 1 god |
| secularism | the rejection of rel |
| drip irrigation | a process by which pipes are placed near plant roots drip only as much water the plants need to grow |
| Bedouin | nomadic peple |
| Kibbutz | Israeli collective farm |
| Zionism | People that believed a jewish state was to be formed in Palestine |
| holocaust | Any widespread desttuction |
| suq | old city's market places |
| minaret | a tower of a mosque from which a crier calls muslims to pary |
| Fallow | Crop lands that are unused, every two or three weeks |
| Theocrasy | a country governed by religious law |
| pilgrimage | a journey mainly for religious reasons |
| perimeter | The outer boundary of a country or object |
| sultanate | A sultanate is country that is ruled by a Muslim monarch, aka a Sultan |
| paddy | water-covered fields that rice are grown in |
| aquaculture | farming in seas and ponds called aquaculture |
| Newly industrialized Country | Also known as the "Four Dragons" they are Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea |
| pictogram | simple pictures of the objects and ideas they represent |
| Buddhism | Is the man religion of Thailand, Burma, Tibet, Laos, Cambodia Vietnam and Mongolia. It was founded in india around 500 BC by a teacher called the Buddha. Buddha means enlightened one |
| Taoism | It was founded in China by a man named Lao-Tzu. He taught that there is a natural order to the universe called the Tao, or "The Way" |
| Confucianism | this is based on the teachings of Confucius, A chinese philosopher who lived from 551 to 479 BC. It spread throughout China and later to Korea and Japan |
| Shinto | A religion practiced in Japan, does not claim to have any founder at all. Shintoists believe that gods, called Kami, inhabit natural objects like Rivers trees rockes and mountains |
| Dynasty | a government ruled by a family whos power lasts for a long peroid of time |
| puppet government | a government that is controlled by out-side forces |
| commune | large coopertive groups |
| double cropping | when 2 crops are grown in 1 long season |
| Special Economic Zone | countries or areas that are designed to attract forenign companies and investment to the country |
| martial law | Military rule |
