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Chapter 16 SQ and Chapter Review Flashcards

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1
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choke point

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Controlling movement of goods

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partition

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Divide

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mandate

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Territories gained by war

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Maronites

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Descendants of a Syrian hermit named St. Maron

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Druze

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Broke from the Shiites and followed an Egyptian ruler

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Holy Land

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Where most of the events recorded in the Bible took place

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Shephelah

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A area of low hills

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Negev

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South

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wadi

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Dry steam beds that fill with water after rainstorms

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tell

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Huge mounds created by cities being built on top of old ones

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Knesset

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The Hebrew parliament

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kibbutz

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A Jewish community in which the people share everything in common

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Promised Land

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The place God gave to Israel

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Zionist Movement

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Jew going back to their homeland

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Judaism

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The religion of Jews

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Orthodox Jew

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Believe that the Torah is God’s word

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Reform Jew

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Formed as a result of enlightenment thinking

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Conservative jew

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Believe In keeping the old traditions

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Reconstructionist

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See Judaism not as a religion but as a social identity

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Palestinian

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The philistines that converted to Islam

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preemptive strike

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Attacking before an enemy attacks you

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Six day war

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A war between Israel and Egypt Syria and Jordan

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Yom Kippur War

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Egypt and Syria attacked Israel but Israel won

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PLO

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Palestine liberation organization

25
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Oslo Accord

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Gave guidelines for a series of compromises

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Hamas

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A terrorist group

27
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Hezbollah

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A terrorist group

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Islamic Jihad

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A terrorist group

29
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Byzantine Empire

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Form after the collapse of the western Roman Empire

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Anatolia

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Asia Minor

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Ottoman Empire

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Turks

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Tel Aviv

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Israels largest port

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Gaza Strip

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The plain of Philistia

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Megiddo

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A fortress

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West Bank

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A mountain range west of the Jordan river

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Yasir Arafat

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Not mentioned in the book

37
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Mahmoud Abbas

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Not in the book

38
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Dead Sea

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A lake below sea level

39
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Amman

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The capital of the ammonites

40
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The Middle East lies at the cross roads of what 3 continents?

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Europe Africa and a Asia

41
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What are the 2 factions that divide Cyprus?

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Two different peoples

42
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What language is spoken in Syria?

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Arabic

43
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What plain contains the Gaza Strip? Who lives there?

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The plain of Philistia. The Palestines.

44
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Name the 2 cities that once guarded the entrance to the Plain of Esdraelon.

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Megiddo and Damascus

45
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Name 2 lakes and a river in the Great Rift Valley

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The Jordan river the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee

46
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What ethnic group makes up 20% of the population of turkey?

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The Kurds.

47
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Why are the Dardenelles and the Bosporus so important?

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48
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What two rival groups live on Cyprus?

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The Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots.

49
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What is the only non European nation in NATO?

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Turkey

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Terms and places/people of significance

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Chapter Review Questions

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50
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What strait separates Europe and Asia?

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The Bosporus strait.

51
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What is the Fertile Crescent?

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The levant and the river valleys of Mesopotamia.

52
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What is Syria’s main resource?

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Oil

53
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What are mandates?

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Land taken after war.

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55
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What three territories consist mostly of Palestinians?

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Egypt Syria and Jordan

56
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What geographic feature is common in Palestine?

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Dead Sea

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