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22 Cards in this Set
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Why is the Middle East an accurate name for Southwest Asia?
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1. In the middle of the eastern hemisphere.
2. Located at crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia. 3. In the middle of historic trade routes. |
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What climate do you find in the Middle East?
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Desert Climate
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What did the British build in 1869 to decrease travel time to Asia?
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Suez Canal
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What is the most plentiful and most scarce resources found in the Middle East?
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most plentiful-oil
most scarce-water |
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What does OPEC stand for?
What do they do? |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
1. Want to decrease the influence of western oil companies. 2.Control how much oil is produces and the prices **OPEC helped control prices in the 1970s** |
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What are the advantages that the Middle East has in makes and trading oil?
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1.oil is close to the Earth's surface
2.95% of the oil is near the Persian Gulf so it's easy to move. 3.OPEC controls the prices 4. US imports more oil from Saudi Arabia than any other country. |
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What are some indicators of the quality of life in a country?
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1.Literacy rate
2.Amount of useable land 3.infant mortality 4.birthrate 5. % of urban/rural population 6. GDP |
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Name the 3 monotheistic religions.
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Christianity, Islam and Judaism
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The majority of Arabs in the Middle East practice what religion?
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Islam
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What are the 3 cities that are important to Muslims in the order of importance?
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1. Mecca-birthplace of Muhammed
2. Medina-where he taught. 3. Jerusalem-where he ascended to heaven |
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What was the main goal of Zionism?
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To establish a Jewish state in Palestine
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What 2 groups of people claimed Palestine as a homeland?
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Arabs and Jews
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What country was created in 1948 so the Jewish would have a homeland?
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Israel...created by the UN.
Caused conflict between Israeli Jews and Arab-Muslim Palestinians. |
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What are the 4 areas that Israeli Jews and Arab Palestinians are fighting over?
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1. West Bank of the Jordan River
2. Gaza Strip 3. Golan Heights 4. Eastern Jerusalem |
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What is the goal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
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Self-rule and independence.
The creation of a homeland which would require reclaiming land from the Israeli Jews. |
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What is the name given to the land between the Tigris and the Euprates?
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Fertile Crescent
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What ancient civilization lived in the Fertile Crescent?
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Mesopotamia
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Where was the Ottoman Empire located?
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In Turkey.
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What is the name of the group of people treated badly by both Turkish and Iraqi governments?
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The Kurds...They want their own independent state.
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What war did the US become involved in in 1990? Why?
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The Persian Gulf War.
Iraq invaded Kuwait. |
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What country has a history of severely restricting woman's rights?
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Afghanistan
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Name some of the agricultural jobs Middle Easterners have.
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1.Nomadic herding-Kurds, Bedouins
2. Collective farming-kibbutz 3. raising livestock 4. growing crops and fruits 5. substitence and commercial farming. |
