Chapter 15 Vocabulary

To adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use

Underground water bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel

Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by running water

An ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds

Member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southeast Asia

A member of a wandering pastoral people

In the desert, a stream bed that is dry except during a heavy rain

A belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state

A natural mineral containing chemical compounds often used in fertilizers

A fixed limit or extent that typically follows straight lines