Chapter 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa

Question 1

Countries in the Region

Answer 1

• Morocco
• Western Sahara
• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Libya
• Egypt
• Sudan
• Turkey
• Iran
• Syria
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• U.A.E.
• Yemen
• Oman

Question 2

Physical Geography

plateaus and coastal mountain systems

Answer 2

• Anatolian
• Iranian
• Maghreb
• Levant

Question 3

River Systems

Answer 3

• Nile

- Tigris and Euphrates

Question 4

Climate

Answer 4

• Mediterranean
• Dry Climates

also
tropical wet and dry savanna
high complex climate system

Question 5

Why is the area good for growing?

Answer 5

lack of pest

Question 6

Water Depletion

Libya Example

Answer 6

-uses fossil groundwater

Question 7

Population Geography

Answer 7

• very uneven population
• areas of high physiological density
• ongoing rapid population growth
• migration to the gulf region

Question 8

Population Pyramids

Answer 8

Egypt-classic rapid growth pyramid

Iran- drop in births

UAE- influx of migrant male workers

Question 9

Biggest sender of Workers

Answer 9

India

Question 10

Religions

Answer 10

• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam

Question 11

Five Islam Requirements

Answer 11

• pray 5x times a day
• pilgrimage to mecca
• there is no God but Allah
• participate in Ramadan
• give charitable donations

Question 12

When did Islam began?

Answer 12

622CE

Question 13

Language Families

Answer 13

• Afro Asiatic
• Indo-European
• Altaic

Question 14

Discuss Economic Geography

Answer 14

oil producing states

• mid-income diversified economies(Israel and Turkey)
• relatively poor states

Question 15

When were the countries in the middle East created?

Answer 15

19th century

Question 16

Discuss state

Answer 16

• legitimate
• force must be legitimate
• the state is territorial by nature

Question 17

What was it like before territorial states?

Answer 17

1)sovereignty…king
power based on relations

2) multi-level relationships
3) Only one emperor/universal empire
4) legitimated in religion(mandate of heaven)

Question 18

Modern State

• Power
• Bonds Between People
• Extent of Policy
• Legitimization

Answer 18

-territorial
-lateral
-limited
national

Question 19

Pre-modern Government
-power
bonds between people
-extent of policy
-legitimization

Answer 19

• personal hierarchical
• hierarchical
• universal
• religious

Question 20

What is the Westphalian System?

Answer 20

Origin - 1648 Treaty of Westphalia

• Removed notion of overarching empire
• state recognized each other as equals
• non-interference in one another’s affairs

Question 21

Nation

Answer 21

• imagined
• limited
• Sovereign

Question 22

Nationless States

Answer 22

-states where a coherent national identity has not formed

Question 23

Protectorate

Answer 23

a territory which is protected by another European power

Question 24

Time Period of Colonialism

Answer 24

(1830s-1947s)

Question 25

What European powers divided Middle East?

Answer 25

• British

- French

Question 26

When did Iraq gets its independence?

Answer 26

-1933

Question 27

When did Iraq have a Coup d’ etat and what was the result?

Answer 27

1958

-military seized power and divided state along nationalist lines

Question 28

What is the United Arab Republic?

Answer 28

1958-1961

• union of Egypt and Syria
• attempt to create nation at scale of all Arabs

Question 29

Orientalism

Answer 29

the essentializing portrayal of Middle Eastern counties as primitive, backwards, and static