Geography Exam Part 1 Flashcards
Countries on the Medditerean coast have a ____________ climate
Medditerean
Suadi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran have _________ climates
dry
Landforms in the Middle East are
The Arabian Peninsula, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Jordan River, Dead, Pontic Mountains, Taurus Mountains, Tigris River, and the Euphrates Rivers.
The __________ River runs south from Syria through Israel and ends in Jordan forming the ______ Sea
Jordan, Dead
The _________-Mountains are one of the largest ranges in the Middle East
Pontic
The Pontic’s mountains largest peak is with____________ reaching about __________ft
Mt. Ararat’s, 16,854
The _________ and ___________ Rivers flow _____ beginning near _______ and flowing south through Iraq before emptying into the ___________-
Tigris, Euphrates, south, Turkey, Persian Gulf
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers form the _______ _________, the area where _______ life is believed to have first begun.
Fertile Crescent, human
__________, __________, and __________ are all regions that trace their heritage back to the Biblical character ___________
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham
Israel is called the ____ ____, because the worlds largest religions _______, ________, and _________ claims it as it’s _____ _____
Holy Land, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, holy site
The kingdom of Israel was founded around ____ BC under the first king, ____
1000, Saul
Israel’s two most famous kings are _______ and his son _____
David, Solomon
_______ is a religion that started in Suadi Arabia by the leader __________
Islam, Muhammad
Islam is based on submitting to _____ and following the _____. There are two main branches _____ and ______
Allah, Quran, Sunni, Shiite/Shi’a
With the exception of _____, most Middle Eastern countries all have one cultural similarity: _____
Israel, Islam
The world’s first civilization: _____ ______ near the _____ and _______ rivers in modern day _______
Ancient Sumer, Tigris, Euphrates, Iraq
The people of Ancient Sumer moved from a hunter-gatherer society to ______ around ____ BC.
agrarian, 5000
The first major civilization was fully formed around ____ BC
4,500
Iran’s earliest empire was the _______ Empire
Persian
Around _____ BC the Persians began expanding around the Medditerean as far as ______
500, Greece
Iran is about __% Shi’a and __% Sunni
90, 10
Most Middle Eastern countries rely on ___ exportation as the main factor of their _________.
oil, econimes
OPEC or ___________ of ________ _________ ________ is an organization that works to influence the price of ___ around the world by ________ the supply
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, oil, controlling
Abraham has two sons named what?
Isaac and Ishmael
Isaac has two sons named what?
Jacob (later changed to Israel) and Esau
After Jacob it goes to ___ son, _____, ______, and then _____
12, Moses, David, Jesus
After Ishmael, it goes to ___________
Muhammad
The founder of Judaism is ______ because he was the father of the _______ because God _______ ________ to him, establishing the ________.
Arabham, Hebrews, relieved himself, covent
The founder of Christianity was _____ because he started a _____ and taught his _________
Jesus, ministry, disciples
The founder of Islam is _________ because _______ relieved himself to him
Muhammad, Allah
When was Judaism founded
1800 BC
Christianity was founded in __ AD in the ___ century because it began as a second _______ ______ _____
30, 1st, Temple Judaic sect
Islam was founded in ___ AD when __________ started teaching
622, Muhammad
What are the holy books in Judaism
The Tanakh/Hebrew Bible
The holy book in Christianity is the _____ _______ split into the ____ __________ and the ____ ____________
Holy Bible, old testament, new testament
The holy books of Islam are the ______ which are the messages ____ gave to ____________
Quran, Allah, Muhammad
Jesus’s role in Judaism is that they believed he was not the ________
Messiah
Jesus’s role in Christianity is that he is the _______
Messiah
Jesus’s role in Islam is that they believed he was a _______ and that there is no _______
Prophet, Messiah
The major beliefs of Judaism are that their awaiting the ______, and they believe they are the ______ people of ____
Messiah,chosen, God
The major beliefs of Christianity are that _____ is the ____ of God which means God ______ as _____, that _____ resurrected on the ____ day and _____ died on the _____ to save our ____
Jesus, the Son, incarnated, Jesus, Jesus, third, Jesus, cross, sins
What are the five pillars of beliefs in Islam
Faith in Allah, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Hajj
The Sahara Desert is about the size of what.
The USA
The longest river in West Africa is the _______ River, which is ______ miles long
Niger, 2600
West Africa is rich in natural resources like ___ and ________
oil, diamonds
The highest mountain in Africa is ______ _________, which is _____ feet tall in _______
Mount Kilimanjaro, 19,340, Tanzania
The largest lake in Africa is ____ ________
Lake Victoria
A rift valley is when what happens.
where two tectonic plates move apart from each other splitting the land and creating a valley
The Nile river is made up of two main rivers the ____ ____ and the _____ ____
Blue Nile, White Nile
The White Nile flows out of _____ ________ and The Blue flows to of _________ _________
Lake Victoria, Ethiopia’s Highlands
The Congo River runs ________ and drains the Congo Basin in the ________ _____
westward, Atlantic Ocean
The Zambezi River runs ________ and empties into the _____ _____
eastward, empties, Indian Ocean
The ________ _____ is the biggest and most famous waterfall on the Zambezi River
Victoria Falls
The Congo Basin is a what?
a large low, flat area in central Africa
Most of Sothern Africa lies on a large _______.
Plateau
What desert lies on the Atlantic coast
Namib Desert
Ghana ruled in ___ AD and Mail ruled in ____ AD
800, 300
Ghana and Mali are known for trading like ____ and ___
salt, gold
The Empire of Mali lasted from ____ AD to ____ AD
1230, 1600
Mali’s most famous leader was _____ ____
Mansa Musa
Mansa translates to “______ and _______”
sultan, emperor
Mansa Musa is one of the _______ people in history
richest
Christianity was introduced to east Africa in ___ AD by missionaries from _____
300, Egypt
Many ____ ________ were built in parts of Ethiopia by a Christian ruler named ________ on ____ AD
rock churches, Lailbela, 1200
_______ is a trade language in Eastern Africa
Swahili
The _____ _______ was one of the most important kingdoms in Central Africa
Kongo Kingdom
Kongo Kingdom was founded in ____ AD
1300
One of the things the Kongo Kingdom traded was _____
Ivory
One prominent people of southern Africa are the _____.
Shona
The Shona are best known for the capital _____ ________ found around ____ AD
Great Zimbabwe, 1100
The Shona traded but were also _____ _______ and ____ ______
great herders, gold miners
The _______ ________ ______ is one of the most famous native languages in Southern Africa
Khoisan language family
The Khoisan language family is known for its ________ sounds
clicking
The ____ _____ is the 2nd longest river in the world and is ____ miles long
Nile River, 4000
The _____ Mountains are in southern Algeria and Morocco and border the ______ Desert
Atlas, Sahara
The atlas mountain range’s average in _____ feet
10,000
The Nile River Valley is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations including ancient _____ and _____
Egypt, Sudan
Egyptians built giant pyramids as a tomb for their ________
Pharaohs
The Great Pyramid built for the Pharaoh _____ is made up of __ million blocks
Khufu, 2.5
Spain controlled most of ________, France controlled _______ and ______ and the British controlled _____
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt
Most people in Northern Africa are _______ meaning they practice the religion of _____
Muslims, Islam
Only __% of Egyptians are _________
10, Christian
