Central+and+SW+Asia





Homework due Friday, March 2nd: Chapter 22/23 crossword and word search



Ch 22 and 23 vocabulary review: 1. Copy the questions below. 2. Past them here - [] 3. Press Play

independence*Autonomy A systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people*Genocide a rich topsoil found in the Russian Steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands*Chernozem a set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text*Fundamentalism a round tent made of a wooden framework and covered with felt or skins*Yurt the transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through natural intervention*Desertification a commission from the League of Nations authorizing a nation to govern a territory*Mandate member of a movement known as Zionism, founded to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state*Zionist the right of a people to decide their own political future*Self-determination a process of controlling the amounts of water drips directly onto plants from pipes, preserving water in dry areas*Drip irrigation a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer*Potash a region in the Middle East where farming and the first civilization developed*Fertile Crescent a citizen army*Militia political disorder and violence, lawlessness*Anarchy a severe restriction of trade with other countries*Embargo the process of removing salt from seawater*Desalination the basis support facilities of a community or country, such as roads or bridges*Infrastructure in the Arabian Peninsula, an ancient system of underground and surface canals*Falaj system to be run without religious influence*Secular ruler*Shah conservative religious leaders*Ayatollah