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