Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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An area created by sediments carried by a river.

A veil typically worn by Muslim women.

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

The cultural development in 14th century Europe, centered in Italy, that drew upon classical learning.

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

A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

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

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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