SW Asia/ North Africa Vocab

monotheistic

• Belief of one holy land

• Belief in one god

• a regious journey

• a king or queen

desertfication

• process where deserts change to grasslands

• process of irrigating the desert

• maintenance of desert life

• process where grasslands change to desert

nonrenewable

• resources that can never run out

• resources up for renewal

• resources that can not be resplace

• process of replacing resources

arid

• very dry

• very hot

• very small

• a type of deodorant

irrigation

• planting crops

• rotating crops

• watering crops

• digging wells for crops

petroleum

• refining process

• oil extractor

• water removed from oil

• oily flammable liquid

pilgrimage

• a group of pilgrams

• oil removed fro the deep center of the earth

• a religious journey

• related to turkeys

diffusion

• cultural traits that spreads

• shared religions

• different cultures

• cultural traits

dynasty

• rules from the same country

• rules from the same regions

• rulers fro the same family

• powerful river

deity

• a god

• gold

• religion

• country