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World Cultures North Africa Southwest Asia And Central Asia
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1. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Emirs
Wadis
Pastoralism
Natural Boundary
2. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Suez Canal
Arable
kums
Infrastructure
3. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Nomads
Nationalism
Mesopotamia
Infrastructure
4. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Aquifers
Enclave
Mesopotamia
Exclave
5. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Suez Canal
Wadis
Domesticate
6. Islamic law
7. A form of picture writing invented by the Egyptians
Sheikhdoms
Hieroglyphics
Mosque
Hajj
8. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Atlas Mountains
Domesticate
Ziggurats
Hieroglyphics
9. Princes
Crude Oil
Commodities
Phosphate
Emirs
10. A ban on trade
Prophets
Prophets
Embargo
Infrastructure
11. Pilgrimage
Sheikhdoms
Hajj
Exclave
Landlocked
12. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Cereals
Persian Empire
Enclave
Mesopotamia
13. Suitable for farming
Desalination
Arable
Sahara
Phosphate
14. Messengers
Geometric Boundaries
Culture Hearths
Prophets
Suez Canal
15. Often follow straight lines and do no account for natural and cultural features (exist between Libya - Egypt - and Algeria)
Geometric Boundaries
Suez Canal
Nationalism
Bedouin
16. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Desalination
Commodities
Sheikhdoms
Petrochemicals
17. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Desalination
Ibadhism
Fertile Crescent
Pastoralism
18. Economic goods
Atlas Mountains
Crude Oil
Cuneiform
Commodities
19. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Landlocked
Cuneiform
20. A chemical used in fertilizers
Arable
Phosphate
Mujahideen
Petrochemicals
21. Often follow straight lines and do no account for natural and cultural features (exist between Libya - Egypt - and Algeria)
Geometric Boundaries
Emirs
Domesticate
Bedouin
22. Underground canals
Qanats
Cereals
Geometric Boundaries
Exclave
23. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Monotheism
Egypt
Qanats
Suez Canal
24. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Hajj
Landlocked
Cuneiform
Egypt
25. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Alluvial Soil
Aquifers
Sheikhdoms
Fertile Crescent
26. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Natural Boundary
Nomads
Atlas Mountains
Embargo
27. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Cereals
Fertile Crescent
Sheikhdoms
Desalination
28. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Monotheism
Persian Empire
Enclave
Cuneiform
29. Pilgrimage
Hajj
Crude Oil
Phosphate
Enclave
30. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Ziggurats
Qanats
Egypt
Qanats
31. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Shari'ah
Oasis
Embargo
Sahara
32. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Commodities
Mesopotamia
Aquifers
Enclave
33. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Sheikhdoms
Cuneiform
Exclave
Sahara
34. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Mosque
Geometric Boundaries
Commodities
Domesticate
35. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Cereals
kums
Crude Oil
Sheikhdoms
36. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Cereals
Infrastructure
Nomads
Qanats
37. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Culture Hearths
Ibadhism
Mosque
Sahara
38. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Enclave
Exclave
Cereals
Crude Oil
39. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Enclave
Cuneiform
Aquifers
Wadis
40. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Petrochemicals
Embargo
Oasis
Hieroglyphics
41. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country
Mesopotamia
Nationalism
Suez Canal
Geometric Boundaries
42. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Enclave
Alluvial Soil
Phosphate
Fertile Crescent
43. Deserts
Emirs
Phosphate
kums
Persian Empire
44. Africa's longest mountain range
Infrastructure
Persian Empire
Suez Canal
Atlas Mountains
45. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Cereals
Shari'ah
Ibadhism
Prophets
46. A chemical used in fertilizers
Atlas Mountains
Phosphate
Sheikhdoms
Arable
47. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Crude Oil
Atlas Mountains
Bedouin
Nationalism
48. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Shari'ah
Mesopotamia
Exclave
Ziggurats
49. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Monotheism
Petrochemicals
Alluvial Soil
Petrochemicals
50. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Pastoralism
Geometric Boundaries
Persian Empire
Natural Boundary