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Middle East Geography Flashcards

1
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What terrorism groups are there in the Middle East?

A

Isis

Al Qaeda

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2
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Where is the northern Tier?

A

Turkey to Iran

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What is a major geographic part of the Middle East?

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Arabian peninsula

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4
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What is the Fertile Crescent?

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Land of the 2 river

Tigris and Euphrates

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5
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Where is the Nile valley?

A

Egypt

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6
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Explain the northern tier

A

Very mountainy, Eurasia, very fertile, Noah’s ark?

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7
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What part of the Middle East connects Europe and Asia?

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Northern tier

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8
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What is the size of the Arabian peninsula compared to the U.S.?

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1/3

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9
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Explain the Arabian peninsula

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No water, very flat, mostly desert, huge oil reserve, Saudi Arabia big-Mecca

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10
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What is the empty quarter?

A

Rub’al-khali

Islamic state took over parts

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11
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Why is the Middle East strategically important?

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Oil, terrorism, Suez Canal, Iran nuclear proliferation

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12
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What takes up less thank 20% of the Middle East?

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Desert oases

Water premium

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13
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What is in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys?

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Fertile Crescent

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14
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Where was Mesopotamia and Samaria?

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Fertile Crescent

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15
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What is Mesopotamia also know as?

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Land between 2 rivers

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16
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What is Kuwait also know as?

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An island floating on a sea of oil

17
Q

What is the lowest point on earth?

A

Dead Sea

18
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How far is the Dead Sea below sea level?

A

2,300

19
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Why is the salt content in the Dead Sea

A

33%

20
Q

Where is the Nile valley?

A

Northern Africa

Egypt

21
Q

What supported Egyptian civilization?

A

Nile valley

22
Q

Why is it called gift of the niles?

A

95% of the people live on 5% of the land

Nile delta

23
Q

What is the most populated city in the Middle East?

A

Cairo Egypt

24
Q

How many people live in Cairo?

A

17,000,000

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