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35 Cards in this Set
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What is the largest peninsula?
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Arabian Peninsula
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What shape is a peninsula?
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triangle
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Asia Minor makes up what country today?
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Turkey
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What are areas of high level land?
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plateau
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What is the second highest mountain peak? Noah's Ark may have been found there.
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Mount Ararat
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What term describesable to grow?
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fertile
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What are the three peninsulas in the middle east?
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the Araian,Sinai,and Asia Minor
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What tpe of climate describesthe middle east?
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dry
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What Palm helped people in the middle east keep cool?
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date palm
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Arabs in the middle east spoke the what language and practicedwhat religion?
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Arabic and Islam
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Ancient ciricular cities were divided into what?
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quarters
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The head of each tribe inthee middle east was called what?
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the sheik
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The worlds three most influenced religions are what?
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Isalem,Judaism,and Christianity
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What are natural reasources?
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riches in the earth
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The middle east has the richest what?
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oil
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What is the Cradle of Civilization called?
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the fertile cresent
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What year was modern Iseral formed?
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1948
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David Ben/Gurion was the first what in Isreal?
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prime minister
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What is Jerusalems nickname?
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the city of Peace
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What is Iserals neighbor in the north?
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lebanon
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Damascus one of the oldest what in the world?
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cities
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What are the three charirestics in the Araian Peninsula?
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the desert the Isalem and the oil
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What land has become the largest producer of oil?
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Saudi Arabia
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What are oil exports?
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oil sold to other contries
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What religin is the largest in the world?
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the Muslims
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What is a pilgrimage?
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a holy trip
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What is the holy book in Isalem?
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Koran
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What is a mosque?
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a building of worship
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is turkey considered a arab country?
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no
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what country cocontains the exit of the black sea?
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Turkey
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What is the capital of turkey?
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Ankara
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What is turkeys largest cities?
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Istanbul
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Iran used to be called what?
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Persia
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is Iran a arab country?
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no
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What was a king called in Iran?
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shaw
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