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