Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

Middle East and North Africa
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A veil typically worn by Muslim women.

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

A series of protests in countries in Middle East and North Africa that began in 2010 and called for the removal of authoritarian regimes.

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 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.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

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

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

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

The period in Europe from roughly 500 to 1100 associated with limited urban growth, economic development or knowledge production.

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

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