Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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A tall tower in a mosque initially used to call worshippers to prayer.

The war resulting from the attack in 1973 of Israel by Egypt, Iraq and Syria.

Money that leaves other areas of the world seeking a location with strong secrecy laws where money can be hidden and invested without scrutiny.

The Christian Church in Egypt, one of the oldest on the world.

A sect of Islam distinct from Sunni whose adherents believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

The process by which water is transferred from land to the atmosphere by evaporation from soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.

A belief and adherence to the idea that Jewish people should be allowed to establish and maintain their own state in Israel.

Originally refers to manuscript in which the original script was overlain by subsequent scripts but some still remain visible.

The recreation of a transnational authority guided by Islamic principles and is a long held belief of many Sunni fundamentalists.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.

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