Chapter 16 SQ and Chapter Review Flashcards
choke point
Controlling movement of goods
partition
Divide
mandate
Territories gained by war
Maronites
Descendants of a Syrian hermit named St. Maron
Druze
Broke from the Shiites and followed an Egyptian ruler
Holy Land
Where most of the events recorded in the Bible took place
Shephelah
A area of low hills
Negev
South
wadi
Dry steam beds that fill with water after rainstorms
tell
Huge mounds created by cities being built on top of old ones
Knesset
The Hebrew parliament
kibbutz
A Jewish community in which the people share everything in common
Promised Land
The place God gave to Israel
Zionist Movement
Jew going back to their homeland
Judaism
The religion of Jews
Orthodox Jew
Believe that the Torah is God’s word
Reform Jew
Formed as a result of enlightenment thinking
Conservative jew
Believe In keeping the old traditions
Reconstructionist
See Judaism not as a religion but as a social identity
Palestinian
The philistines that converted to Islam
preemptive strike
Attacking before an enemy attacks you
Six day war
A war between Israel and Egypt Syria and Jordan
Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel but Israel won
PLO
Palestine liberation organization
Oslo Accord
Gave guidelines for a series of compromises
Hamas
A terrorist group
Hezbollah
A terrorist group
Islamic Jihad
A terrorist group
Byzantine Empire
Form after the collapse of the western Roman Empire
Anatolia
Asia Minor
Ottoman Empire
Turks
Tel Aviv
Israels largest port
Gaza Strip
The plain of Philistia
Megiddo
A fortress
West Bank
A mountain range west of the Jordan river
Yasir Arafat
Not mentioned in the book
Mahmoud Abbas
Not in the book
Dead Sea
A lake below sea level
Amman
The capital of the ammonites
The Middle East lies at the cross roads of what 3 continents?
Europe Africa and a Asia
What are the 2 factions that divide Cyprus?
Two different peoples
What language is spoken in Syria?
Arabic
What plain contains the Gaza Strip? Who lives there?
The plain of Philistia. The Palestines.
Name the 2 cities that once guarded the entrance to the Plain of Esdraelon.
Megiddo and Damascus
Name 2 lakes and a river in the Great Rift Valley
The Jordan river the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee
What ethnic group makes up 20% of the population of turkey?
The Kurds.
Why are the Dardenelles and the Bosporus so important?
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What two rival groups live on Cyprus?
The Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots.
What is the only non European nation in NATO?
Turkey
Terms and places/people of significance
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Chapter Review Questions
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What strait separates Europe and Asia?
The Bosporus strait.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The levant and the river valleys of Mesopotamia.
What is Syria’s main resource?
Oil
What are mandates?
Land taken after war.
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What three territories consist mostly of Palestinians?
Egypt Syria and Jordan
What geographic feature is common in Palestine?
Dead Sea
