| A | B |
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| hurricanes | A destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean |
| oasis | A place where a supply of fresh water makes it possible to support life in a dry region |
| monotheism | Belief in one God |
| mesa | Small, high, flat topped landform |
| El Nino | Warm ocean current off that influences global weather patterns |
| Leaching | Washing away of nutrients in the soil |
| Prophet | A person whose teachings are believed to inspired by God |
| Muslim | Follower of Islam |
| Desertification | Transforming of arable land into desert |
| Diversify | To give variety to or expand |
| Ancestor worship | The belief that respecting and honoring one's ancestor will cause them to live on in the spirit world after death |
| Mercenaries | A person who works as a soldier purely for financial gain |
| malnutrition | The disease caused by lack of proper food |
| segregation | Act of imosing the social separation of races |
| land redistribution | A policy by which land is expropriated from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none |
| boycott | refuses to purchase, sell or use a product |
| buffer state | Country that separates two or more hostile countries |
| nonviolent resistance | The policy of opposing an enemy oroppressor by any means other than violence |
| Zionist | A member of a movement known as Zionism founded create an independent Jewish state |
| mandate | A commision from the League of Nations authorizing a nation to govern a territory |
| dasalination | Removing salt from sea water |
| militia | Army |
| drip irrigation | A process by which precisely comtrolled amounts of water drip directly onto plants from pipes, thus preserbing precious water resources in dry areas |
| pharaohs | Ruler of ancient Egypt |
| falaj system | In the Arabian Peninsula , an ancient system of underground and surface water canals that carry water many miles from mountains to desert villages |
| mestizo | A person mixed European and native American hertage |
| dependency | A territirial unit ruled by another country |
| arable land | land capable of being farmed or cultivated |
| tropical storms | a storm with winds at least 39 miles per hours |
| meterologists | A scientest who studies atmosphere and weather |
| cataracts | A large waterfall |
| mosque | an Islamic house of religious worship |
| refugee | A person who flees his or her country to escape invation |
| landlocked | Almost or entirely surrounded by land, cut off from the sea |
| deforestation | The process of stripping the land and the trees |
| coup | The sudden over throw of ruler or goverment often involing violent force |
| apartheid | an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness" |
| sanctions | An action taken by the international community to punish a country for unacceptable behaviots and bring pressure on the country |
| monsoons | A seansonal shift in the prevailing winds that influnces |
| reincarnation | The belief that the would of human being or animal goes thew a series of births |
| seismic | Discriptive of earthquakes or earth vibration |
| caste system | A soical hiratchy in which a person possesses a distinct rank in sociery that is determined by birth |
| terraces | In farming, a flat narrow ledge supported by walls and stone |
| intensive farming | A farming method that requires a great deal of labor |
| ayatollah | A religious leader |
| anarchy | Political disorder and violence |
| Knesset | A parliament of Iseral |
| capital | Wealth in form of money |
| reservoir | A body of water collected in natural lake |
| infrastructure | basic support facilities of a country such as roads, bridges, power plants and schools |
