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21 Cards in this Set
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1. Georgia 2. Azerbaijan 3. Armenia 4. Turkmenistan |
West Asia BOUNDARIES: North (land) |
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1. Arabian Sea 2. Gulf of Aden |
West Asia BOUNDARIES: South (water) |
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1. Afghanistan 2. Pakistan |
West Asia BOUNDARIES: East (land) |
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Mediterranean Sea |
West Asia BOUNDARIES: West (water) |
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Egypt |
West Asia BOUNDARIES: West (land) |
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a rough quadrilateral |
What is the shape of West Asia? |
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1. Levant 2. Arabian Peninsula 3. Empire States |
What are West Asia's three regional divisions? |
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1. Syria 2. Lebanon 3. Jordan 4. Israel 5. Gaza Strip |
Levant COUNTRIES |
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1. Saudi Arabia 2. United Arab Emirates 3. Kuwait 4. Bahrain 5. Qatar 6. Oman 7. Yemen |
Arabian Peninsula COUNTRIES |
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Arabian Peninsula |
Region which depends heavily on foreign workers |
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1. Iraq 2. Iran 3. Turkey |
Empire States COUNTRIES |
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Empire States |
Region connected to an imperial past |
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Arabian Peninsula |
a region of old-style emirates and sheikdoms |
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Iraq |
formerly the Babylonian Empire |
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Iraq |
formerly the Assyrian Empire |
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Iran |
formerly the Persian Empire |
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Iran |
formerly the Sassanid Empire |
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Turkey |
formerly the Ottoman Empire |
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
West Asia “cradled” the first civilizations |
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1. Judaism 2. Christianity 3. Islam |
West Asia “nurtured" the great religions of the world: |
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1. Israelis vs Palestinians 2. Iran-Iraq War 3. Gulf War |
West Asia is beset by some of the most bitter and most dangerous conflicts on earth: |
