| A | B |
|---|
| arable land | land that can produce crops |
| collective | a large farm created and owned by a national government |
| deity | a god |
| desalination | the removal of salt from water |
| hajj | the pilgrimage made by Muslims to Mecca |
| kibbutz | a cooperative settlement found in Israel |
| moshavim | small farming villages in Israel |
| oasis | a fertile place in a desert where water is available from an underground spring |
| petroleum | another word for oil, created from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals |
| steppe | a treeless plain |
| wadi | a waterway that fills up in the rainy season but is dry the rest of the year |
| Saudi Arabia | the leading oil-producing country in Southwest Asia |
| water | most needed resource in Southwest and Central Asia |
| farming | the most common job of people in Southwest and Central Asia |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient civilization that was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Silk Road | a 4,000-mile-long ancient trade route linking China to the Mediterranean area in the west |
