Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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A group of people living outside of their homeland.

An attempt by a group or individual to overthrow an existing government in order to implement their own regime.

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

An empire that developed from the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople that lasted from 285 until 1483.

The name given to big-name, well-known architects who participate in construction to market or brand a city.

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

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

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

The pilgrimage to Mecca required of all devout Muslims at east once in their lives.

French expatriates living in Algeria.

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

A more formalized written standard form of Arabic that is commonly used across the Arab-speaking world, in contrast to the multiple forms of spoken Arabic.

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