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