naswa exam 1 Flashcards
what countries are not in the Arabic world?
Israel, Iran, Turkey
What country doesn’t fit in the Islamic world?
Israel, (Christians)
what regions control which chokepoints?
Gibraltar; Morocco, Spain
Hormuz; Iran, Oman
bosporus-Dardanelles; Turkey
suez cannal; Egypt
which strait is crucial to the oil trade?
Hormuz; controlled by Iran
where are the Atlas mountains?
northwest Africa
who controls the Gibraltar Straight?
Morocco and Spain
who controls the Hormuz straight?
Iran and Oman
Who controls the Bosporus-Dardanelles?
Turkey
who controls the Suez cannal?
Egypt
Where are the Turas Mountains?
south Turkey
where are the Zargos Mountains?
western Iran
name three ribvers running through the NASWA.
Nile, Tirgis, Euphrates
name the deserts of the region.
saharah, araibian, syria, Irainian
what type of climate region is the naswa located in?
climate zone B
what is the climate like in the B climate zones?
dry, semi dry, seasonaly dry.
what do the different settlments look like?
located around water sources and decent climates.
what countries are major exceptions to the arabic musslum culture?
Turkey, Israel, and Iran.
what is the main cultural hearth?
mesopatomia
what does mesopotomia mean?
“the land between rivers.”
where did Islam originate?
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
where did Islam begin to thrive?
Medina
what are the five pillars?
the basic practices the musslims follow.
what do the five pillars include?
~basic belife ~daily prayer five times a day ~9th mounth fasting (Radman) ~Giving of Alms (tithes) ~pilgramging to mecca (Hajj)
what precent of musslims are sunni?
80%
what did the sunni divide in to?
sunni and shia
what are the codes of law called?
sharia
why did the shia and Sunnis divide?
The original split between Sunnis and Shiites occurred soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. “There was a dispute in the community of Muslims in present-day Saudi Arabia over the question of succession,”
what are the sharia?
NO living pictures
NO pork eating
No taking or paying intrest
what is allah?
the islam “god”
what is koran
musslims “bible”
what is the Sharia?
The rules that the musslims have to follow.
What is a mullah?
a Muslimic teacher or leader especially is Shiite practice.
what is an Imam?
the person who leads the musslim prayers
what is a mosque?
a place of musslim worship.
what country has the majority of the shia population?
Iraq
where is the concentration of oil distribution based?
Suadi Arabia
what are the larger of prodcers of oil?
Iran northen africa persian gulf Iraq Kuwait Suadi Arabia
how did the oil movment impact the area?
increased migration
helped development
raised income
foreign influence
define supernationalism-
when three or more contries come together to promote a certain interest.
what is OPEC?
Organization of Petrolium Exporting Countries
what is OPECs main goal?
OPEC aims to regulate the supply of oil
what was the Arab uprising addressing?
unemployment and human rights
where and when did the arab uprising start?
tunisia, 2010
what territories did Isis control in 2016?
b
where are the isis strongholds consentraited?
Syria
what diffused the Arab uprising?
the use of soccial media
name a supernational oil cartel-
OPEC
who is the worlds largest oil producer?
Saudi Arabia
what is the worlds largest musslim counrty?
Indonesia
what is used to move ships up strean and down stream on the Nile river?
wind is used for upstream travel and curents are used for travel down stream.
what lake does the aswan high dam create?
lake Nasser
which country has the largest Arab population?
Egypt
why does Egypt attract so many donors?
it has a high locational advantage
why is Egypt good for transportaion?
it includes the suez cannal flowing fro N ->S and the Sinai Peninsula from E->W
where is Egypts population concentrated?
Along the Nile
which portion of Egypt is more developed?
The lower portion
What is a Primate City?
A city with twice the populatio of the second largest city in that country. (not necessarily the capitol)
give an example of a primate city
Cario (like Mario)
what is Egypt’s main cash crop?
Cotton (like the sheets) also some tourism
what is Sudan split into?
into South Sudan and Sudan
what caused the majority of the devolution in Sudan?
religious and ethnic differinces (Arabs in the north Africans in the south)
who has more negotiation power Sudan or Egypt? why?
Egypt does because they have better location and control more resources
what controles the population in maghreb?
populaion is along the altlas mountains and the south desert.
what is orographic precipitation?
it is caused when moist air moves over the mountains and begins to cool down and make precipitation