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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 main places that oil is exported from this area?
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1) Western Europe
2) Japan 3) China 4) India |
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What is the goal of the OPEC organization? Who is the dominant member?
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promote interest of member countries on global stage
Saudi Arabia |
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What are the 3 areas that have the most oil activity? Which is the main oil area in the region?
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1) Persian gulf
2) North Africa 3) Turkestan Persian gulf, Saudi Arabia area |
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What does oil promote in these areas? (2)
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1) Modernization/industrialization in those areas.
2) Migration patterns (jobs, migration of S Asia) |
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What are the 6 regions in SW Asia & N Africa?
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1) The Maghreb (Western)
2) Egypt 3) Middle East 4) Arabian Peninsula (Desert) 5) Empire States 6) Turkestan |
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What region is known as the river/hydraulic civilization?
Why is it called this? |
Egypt
The population is found along the Nile, arable land along river. |
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What region has a colonial legacy of France and Italy?
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The Maghreb
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In what region are these countries found in:
Syria, Libanon, Iraq, Jordan, Mesopotamia? |
Middle East
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What countries are found in the Maghreb? Where is this region found in the continent?
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Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia
All Along the coast, N Africa |
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The Middle East is considered a crossroads of cultures, which cultures are include?
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European, Asian, African
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What does Mesopotamian stand for? What rivers are around this area?
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It means between 2 rivers
Rivers: Tigris, Euphrates |
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The Sahara desert is in what region?
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The Maghreb
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What region is the origin and focus of Islam?
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Arabian Peninsula
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In the Arabian Peninsula, what city used to be a soviet military base? In which country is this city found and what is this country known for?
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Aden
Yemen, political instability |
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What countries are found in the Arabian Peninsula region?
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
Persian Gulf |
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In what region contains the past empires of the Ottoman and Persians?
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Empire States
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