MT 4 Geography Flashcards
Name the capital of Pakistan
Islamabad
Name the capital of Afghanistan
Kabul
Name the capital of Oman
Muscat
Name the capital of Yemen
Sanaa
Name the capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Name the capital of Iran
Tehran
Name the capital of Syria
Damascus
Name the capital of Turkey
Anarka
Name the capital of Egypt
Cairo
Name the capital of Libya
Tripoli
Name the capital of Algeria
Algiers
Name the capital of Morocco
Rabat
Name the capital of Iraq
Baghdad
Name the capital of United Arab Emirates
Adu Dhabi
Name the capital of Jordan
Amman
Name the capital of Israel
Jerusalem
Name the capital of Lebanon
Beirut
Name the capital of Tunisia
Tunis
What is black gold?
Oil
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A resource that cannot be replaced ex. oil
What is a renewable source?
A resource that can be replaced ex. wood/lumber
what is the belief in one God called
monotheism
Who is the Islamic God?
Allah
Who started the religion of Islam
Mohammad
What is Mecca?
According to Muslims it is the most sacred place on Earth, where Mohammad was born
Ergs
sea of sand with tall dunes
Regs
gravel covered desert plain
Hamadas
high rock veered flatland
Where do the two parts of the nile meet?
Khartoum, Sudan
What are the two main parts of the nile called?
White and Blue Nile
What is a Sahel
a mixture of a desert and a grasslands
What is the Tuareg?
The group that lives in the Sahara and travel from oasis to oasis trading, and guiding.
Why is the Sahel disappearing?
drought, deforestation and overgrazing
What is petroleum?
crude oil
What is perennial irrigation?
Having water year-round
What is the book of Islamic faith?
Qur’an
What is the book of Judaism?
the Torah
What is mosque?
a muslim place of worship