Geography final Iran Turkey Cyprus

Question 1

Iran’s coastal plain has the country’s wettest climate because of moist winds___?

Answer 1

striking the Elburz Mountains

Question 2

More than half of Turkey’s population lives along the country’s coastal plain because?

Answer 2

climate is milder and wetter

Question 3

Oil is financially important in Iran because?

Answer 3

oil sales are a major part of the country’s income

Question 4

Iran’s guardian council reviews all the country’s laws and __?

Answer 4

allows only those laws that agree with Islamic Law

Question 5

Since the 1980’s Turkey’s economy has grown rapidly because the government has?

Answer 5

removed trade barriers and increased imports and exports

Question 6

why have many highly educated people created a brain drain by leaving Iran?

Answer 6

desire for greater economic opportunity and freedom

Question 7

The island of Cyprus is split between?

Answer 7

Greeks in the south and Turks in the North

Question 8

More than 97% of people in Turkey, Iran and Cyprus are?

Answer 8

Muslim

Question 9

What ethnicity are over half of Iranians today?

Answer 9

Persian

Question 10

In Cyprus, about 3/4 people speak?

Answer 10

Greek

Question 11

How does life in Istanbul differ from life in rural Turkey?

Answer 11

Istanbul is more modern than Turkey

Question 12

Why has Turkey lagged behind other European nations on the economic front?

Answer 12

Agriculture is a large sector of the Turkish economy