Chapter 10 Key Term Quiz

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

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

A trade cartel of oil producing states, mostly Middle Eastern that uses its power to influence global oil markets.

A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

Islamic religious school.

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.

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

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

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

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

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