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Chapter 17&18 Flashcards

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1
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what sea is 9% saltier than the ocean

A

Dead Sea

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2
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What sea is the largest inland body of water

A

Caspian Sea

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3
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what does Mesopotamic mean

A

land between two rivers

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4
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Africa’s largest mountain range

A

Atlas

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5
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what is farmed

A

barley wheats and oats

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6
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most agriculturally productive area on the peninsula

A

Asir Mts.

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7
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how many inches of rain dos the Asir Mts. get each year

A

19

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8
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goragum desert

A

black sand desert and covers Turkmenistan

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9
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qizilqum desert

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red sand, and covers half of Uzbekistan

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10
Q

what percent of worlds known oli resources

A

70

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11
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what percent of natural gas

A

33

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12
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where is the world’s largest supply of sulfate and the largest deposit of sulfate

A

Turkmenistan

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13
Q

how many people in the Middle East are Arab

A

275 M

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14
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what language does the Arab speak

A

Arabic

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15
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what sea separates Europe and Africa

A

Mediterranean

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16
Q

Why do the Arabs dislike the Israelis

A

Formation of homeland

17
Q

Ottoman Turks built what

A

Ottoman Empire

18
Q

How long did the Ottoman Empire rule

A

Over 600 years

19
Q

Turks blend what

A

Western elements

20
Q

Iranians speak

A

Farsi

21
Q

Iranians are what

A

Shiite Muslim

22
Q

Caucasian people

A

Most are Christians, and over 1M were killed, deported, or died from illness in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks

23
Q

Kurds live in the border of what

A

Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria

24
Q

Kurds don’t have a what of their own

A

Country

25
Q

When did Israel win the golden heights

A

1967

26
Q

Most populated countries

A

Turkey, Egypt, and Iran

27
Q

Problems of urbanization

A

Not enough jobs or housing & poverty, snarled trafficking, pollution, and sanitation issues

28
Q

Mt. Ararat

A

Has 2 peaks; the site where Noah’s Ark rested

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