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DMS Middle East Vocabulary
Middle East Vocabulary 7th Grade
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02/13/2017

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Culture
Definition
The learned behavior of people 
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Civilization
Definition

 a culture that has highly advanced economic, social, and political systems

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Arabian Peninsula
Definition

an area of land off Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf

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Mesopotamia
Definition
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Fertile Crescent
Definition
[image]a region stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea
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Geothermal energy
Definition
power produced by the internal heat of the Earth[image]
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Renewable energy sources
Definition
[image]sources of energy able to be replaced through ongoing natural processes
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OPEC
Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, founded in 1960[image]
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Technology
Definition
[image]peoples application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs
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Embargo
Definition
a complete prohibition (or prevention) of trade by the government of one nation to a[image]nother
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Religion
Definition

a specific set of fundamental (basic) beliefs and practices that a group of people use to answer questions about life

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Bias
Definition
an opinion[image]
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Zionism
Definition
national movement of Jewish people to their homeland of Israel[image]
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Terrorism
Definition
violent attacks that cause fear
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Declaration
Definition
announcement made by a country[image]
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Accord
Definition
a pact or deal between two nations; similar to a treaty[image]
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Partition
Definition

[image]division of a nation


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