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Chapter 8: The Middle East Flashcards

1
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What are the two other names for the middle east?

A

The Muslim World

A Bridge for 3 Continents

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What three countries does the Muslim world stretch across?

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Asia
Africa
Europe

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3
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What are the import cities?

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Bagdad

Cordova

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4
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What is Cordova’s other name?

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the jewel of the west

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5
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what is the Muslims holiest city?

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Mecca

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6
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Who is the Muslims god and leader?

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god: Allah
leader: Mohammed

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7
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What do Muslims call those who don’t believe the same thing as they do?

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Infadels

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8
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What is the other name for the holy war and what was the goal?

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Jihad

Goal was to conquer the world

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9
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What is known as the heart of the Middle East?

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Mediterranean Sea

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10
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What are the four Asian countries that are in the Middle East?

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Pakistan
Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan

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11
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What are the five African countries that are in the Middle East?

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Egypt
Ethiopia
Sudan
Algeria
Murico
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12
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What are the other countries that make up the Middle East?

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Lebanon
Serbia
Israel
Iraq
Jordan
Libbia
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
Mauritania
Kuwait
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13
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What makes up half of the Middle East?

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The Silk Road

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14
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What does Mediterranean mean and who gave it that name?

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means our sea

Romans named it

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15
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Who uses the Mediterranean route?

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crusaders

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16
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What canal connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea?

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Suez Canal

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17
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How did the Suez Canal increase importance in the Middle East?

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It shortened the trade route between Europe and Asia by 4,000 miles

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18
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Who controlled the Suez Canal and what was it known as to them?

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British

Life line of the Empire

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19
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What three mountains are in the Middle East?

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Zagros
Caucasus
Atlas

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20
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What three plaots are in the Middle East?

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Ireanin
Anatalian
Areabian

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21
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What three river valleys are in the Middle East?

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Mesopotamia
Nile
Indus

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22
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What does Mesopotamia mean?

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Land between the rivers

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23
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What is the gift of the Nile?

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Egypt

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24
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Where did the early people begin to settle?

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Indus River

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25
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What caused a government to from among the early people?

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A need for food and water and order

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26
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As food production increased, ideas for what came into the mind of early settlers?

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Trade

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27
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What was a result of early trade?

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Cultural diffusion

Trial and error

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28
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What is the Middle East called?

A

The dry world

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29
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More than 5% of land was used for farming? True or false?

A

False

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30
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There was too little rain to be able to farm so they (people of the middle east) had to graze. True or false?

A

True

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31
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Where does most rain-bearing wind come from?

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north

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32
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Where does the rain come from and fall?

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comes from Mediterranean

falls north of Atlas moutains

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33
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What are receives a good amount of water and is good for farming?

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Maghreb

34
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What Egyptian city receives less than 1 inch of rainfall a year?

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Karo

35
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What is the main source of water in Karo?

A

Melted snow from the moutains

36
Q

What do the Tigris and Euphrates river have in common?

A

They both originate from Turkey but flow elsewhere

37
Q

What is a wadis and what is its function?

A

Steep-sided vallies/ revienes

They channel water when it rains

38
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What is an oasis?

A

Water melts and goes underground then travels underground and shoots above ground in a pool or water

39
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What are the two ways to get water?

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Above ground (river system)
Below ground (oasis)
40
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What desert had the largest oasis in the world?

A

Libbian desert

41
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What is the biggest desert in the world?

A

Sahara Desert

42
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What is the Sahara called when it crosses into Saudi Arabia?

A

Rubal Khali

43
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What is the Rubal Khali?

A

400,000 square miles or nothing

44
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In the Rubal Khali, it is hit at night and cold in the day. True or false?

A

False

It is 120 during the day and 60 at night

45
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Deserts are sand dunes. True or false?

A

False. They have a grey, hard, rocky surface.

46
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Where is the steppe located?

A

On either side of the desert area

47
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The Meditarian does not receive enough rain to farm. True or false?

A

False.They get 20-40 inches of rain which is enough to farm and graze.

48
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The steppe receives enough rain to farm and graze. True or false?

A

False. They receive 10-20 inches which is only enough to graze.

49
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Summer’s in the Meditation are…?

A

Hot and dry

50
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What crops are grown in the meditiarian?

A

Olives
Grapes
Curtis fruits
Tabaco

51
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What are olives know as to the people of the Mediterranean?

A

The butter of the area

52
Q

The people that live closer to the heart of the Mediterranean receive… And grow…(Think weather and farming)?

A

Less rain

Grow wheat and barley

53
Q

List three facts/things about the tropical Savannah…

A

Receive 60 inches or rain
Found in Sudan and Eutheopua
Have a wet and dry season

54
Q

What is vertical climate?

A

The higher you go the colder you get

55
Q

What countries that surround the Pursian golf have a HUGE supply of oil?

A

Iran
Iraq
Kuvate
Saudis Arabia (has the most)

56
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Who built the oil industry?

A

British and American cooperations

57
Q

Who is the biggest oil producer?

A

Texas

58
Q

What are the oil shipping point?

A

Sidon and Tripoli in Lebbon
Baniyas in Serbia
Abadan
Kharg Islands

59
Q

What minerals are most commonly found in Maraco, Tunisa, and Turkey?

A

Maraco: cabals, zink, and manganese
Tunisia: phosphate rock
Turkey: coal and chromite

60
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What is the Middle East lacking?

A

water

61
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How is the water supply renewed?

A

when the Nile river floods

62
Q

What dams were built on the Nile river?

A

Aswan Dam

Aswan High Dam

63
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What dams were built in Iran?

A

Karadi Dam

Pahlavi Dam

64
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What dam was built in Turkey?

A

Keban

65
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In Egypt, 3% of the people lived on 99% of the land. True or false?

A

False

oppisite

66
Q

Camels were very important to what group of people and what were they known as?

A

Desert Nomads

ship of the desert

67
Q

What decreased the importance of Desert Nomads?

A

Infrastructure (roads, transportation, industry)

68
Q

What are the two groups of nomadic tribes?

A

Bedouins in Saudi Arabia

Tuoregs in Africa

69
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Why are the number of nomads in decline?

A

Less camel trade
Government wanted them to become farmers so they could tax them
Many have begun to pick up work in a variety of fields

70
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Most village people lived in…

A

small communities

71
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Village land is owned by… This caused problems because…

A

one person

those that own it do not till it

72
Q

What is happening to village population and what is the cause?

A

declining because more people are leaving to go to the cities

73
Q

What are some important cities?

A 
casablanka
istanbull
anarka
karachi
lahore
koiro
alexandero
algiers
74
Q

When a city is wrapped around another city, the new city is usually … the old city is … and who created the new city?

A

updated (infrastructure)
outdated (where locals live) (core)
whoever took it

75
Q

What is Mosque?

A

a place of prayer or worship

76
Q

Bazaar is…

A

open market

77
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What are the three differences among the people?

A

way of living (nomads or sheikh)
government (king or monarch or president)
religion (Muslims, Catholics, Hindus)

78
Q

What is the largest group of people called and what two groups make up that big group?

A

Semites

eurobes and jews

79
Q

The Europes speak and write… and they live in…

A

Arabic

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia

80
Q

The Jews speak and write… they live in… and Saturday is…

A

Hebrew
Israel
day of rest

81
Q

What group is found mostly in Turkey and what do they speak?

A

Turks

Pursian

82
Q

What are the three things that have remained the same in this empire?

A

Islamic Religion
Arabic Language
Shortage of water

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