Chapter 8 Word Bank

Here are the terms that will appear as answer choices on the quiz for matching and short answer. Not all will be used.

Textbook

• 2001, 2004, Abraham, Afghanistan, agriculture, al-Qaeda, Almaty, Aral Sea, Christianity, cotton, Council of Ministers, Crown Prince, Dead Sea, desert, dictatorship, Ferghana Valley, Gaza Strip, glaciers, Golan Heights, Green Revolution, Haifa, hajj, Hamid Karzai, Hinduism, hydroelectricity, India, Indus River, irrigation, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan River, Judaism, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, khamsin, kibbutz, Kyrgyzstan, Lake Hula, landlocked, life expectancy, literacy rate, malnutrition, Mecca, Mediterranean Sea, minerals, monarchy, monsoons, moshavim, Muhammad, Negev Desert, oil, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Quran, radiation, refugee, Riyadh, salt, Sea of Galilee, self-sufficient, Sharbat Gula, Sikhism, Soviet Union, Steve McCurry, Tajikistan, Taliban, Tarbela, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, textiles, tributary, Uzbekistan, Wahhabi, West Bank, women, yurt

Videos

• ayurvedic, Buddha, Dharma, Diwali, Holi, Karma, Moksha, Nirvana, Samsara, suffering, Vedas

Class Discussions

• arable, Israel