Southwest Asia Flashcards
Were is southwest Asia located ?
It’s located between Europe and Africa and the rest of Asia is in the eastern hemisphere
What’s another name for southwest Asia?
“The Middle East”
Most of Southwest Asia has what type of climate ?
It has a semi arid or arid climate
What does semi arid or arid mean ?
It means there is very little rainfall
What are the type of landforms of the middle east ?
Caucasus, Azir, Hejaz and Alborz Mountains
Anatolian Plateau in Turkey
The Arabian Desert which includes the worlds largest expanse of sand, Rub al Khali
What are the two main seasons of the middle east(southwest asia )?
Winter and summer
What are the bodies of water of southwest asia?
The Arabian Sea The Red Sea The Mediterranean Sea The Black Sea The Caspian Sea which is the largest body of enclosed water in the world.
How is southwest asia diverse?
Southwest asia is diverse because of the amount of culture it has from big cities to little farmlan villages that have not changed in thousands of years
What are the ethnic groups of southwest asia?
Arabs (the largest group) Persians Kurds Turks Jews
What are the types of goverments that southwest asia has ?
Israel, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey all have forms of Democracy while Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have Monarchies. Another type is Syria’s military- dominated government
Iraqi Men show off their ink marked fingers after voting.
What is one common theme is the middle east ?
Is that all political leaders are men
what is new to people in the middle east
democracy
Who is the current president of turkey
Abdullah Gül, is the 11th and current President of Turkey
Who is the current president of israel
Shimon peres
Where does the majority of politial issues come from
From not managing natural resources and fighting over them and land
