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Ch.17 Flashcards

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What is significant about the Dead Sea?

A

9 times saltier than the oceans

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What is the largest inland body of water?

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Caspian Sea(Kyrgyzstan)

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What is the longest river in the world?

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The Nile(4,160 mi)

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What percentage of people in Egypt live along the Nile?

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90%

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What is Mesopotamia?

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Land between two rivers(Tigris and Euphrates)where civilization stands

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What is the longest mountain chain in Africa?

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Atlas(Morocco and Algeria)

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What percentage of people are farmers in the Atlas region and why?

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50%;due to the mountains(harvest barley,oats,and wheat)

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What are the Asir mountains?

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Mountains on the west coast of the Arabian peninsula(most agriculturally productive area(19 in of rain per year)

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What is the significance of Mt.ararat?

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Two peaks,and is believed to be the resting place of Noah’s ark

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What is the garagum desert?(karakum)

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Black sand desert,covers Turkmenistan(door to hell is here)

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What is the qizilgum desert?

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Red sand desert,covers 1/2 of Uzbekistan

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What is the percentage if oil reserves found here in the ME?

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70%

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What is the percentage of natural gas in the ME?

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33%

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What are the resources abundant in Turkmenistan?

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Largest supply of sulfur and sulfate

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What is the language of the Arabians?

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Arabic

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Why are many Arabians against Israel?

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Is a Jewish state in the middle of a Muslim world,and displaced many Palestines(Arabs living in this area)as a result

17
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How long did the Ottoman Empire rule?

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600 years

18
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What is different from the Turkic people’s culture from the rest of the ME?

A

They welcome western customs and ideas

19
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What language do Iranians speak?

A

Farsi

20
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How many Iranians are Shiite Muslim?

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90%

21
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Who persecuted the Christians in 1915?

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Ottoman empire(killed 1M,deported,and died from illness)

22
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Who are the Kurds?

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No home,live on the border of Turkey Iraq Iran and Syria,mostly Muslim

23
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Why are Syria and Israel arguing?

A

Israel owns the goland heights which carries 1/3 of Syria’s water supply. Israel refuses to give it to them causing border disputes(Arab-Israeli war of 1967)

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What are the three most populous countries in the ME?

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Turkey,Egypt,and Iran

25
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What are some problems the ME civilians are facing regarding urbanization?

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Not enough jobs or houses,poverty,snarled traffic,pollution,and sanitation issues

26
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What separates Africa and Europe?

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Mediterranean

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