Unit 7 Vocabulary Review

Desalination is the process of removing ______ from water.

Which of the following best describes an embargo?

• A ban on trade

• A narrow waterway between two large bodies of water

• A major city along a trade route

• A secret trade agreement between two countries

An ethnic group without a formal country is known as a

• Protectorate

• Bedouin

• Stateless nation

• Refugee

Government policy that is influenced by physical, human, and economic geography is known as:

• Geopolitics

• Cartography

• Anthropology

• Ecology

A bedouin is a member of the ________ people of MENA.

Which of the following best describes monotheism?

• A type of government with one ruler

• A belief in one God

• An economic policy banning trade between countries

• A physical process that creates a narrow waterway

A strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water is known as a:

Pastoralism refers to:

• Growing just enough food to feed your family, instead of for profit

• A ban on trade between certain countries

• The raising of animals for food and other products in a nomadic way

• A traditional way of life common in the mountains of the Middle East

An area from which cultures spread and develop is known as a culture _________.

The process by which arable land becomes hot and arid is known as:

• Aridation

• Desalination

• Pastoralism

• Desertification