Unit 2 Flashcards

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How many major linguistic groups are in the middle east?

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5

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How many Different language groups are within the major linguistic groups in the middle east?

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18-20

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Wide-ranging & comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures

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Cultural geography

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4
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Reconstruction of many of the ancient routes by which the knowledge & achievements of culture hearts spread that is, diffused, to other areas

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Cultural diffusion

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Allowed cities that could control irrigated farming over large hinterlands held power over others, used food as a weapon, & prospered

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Hydraulic civilization theory

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Played an impact on great civilizations & allowed new societies to emerge elsewhere

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Climate change

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7
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Spatial spreading of dissemination of a culture element (such as technological innovation) or other phenomenon (such as disease outbreak). For the various channels of outward geographic spread from a source area

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Spatial diffusion

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Spreading of an innovation or idea through a fixed population in such a way that the number of those adopting grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanding area of dissemination

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Expansion diffusion

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Sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused area transmitted by their carrier agents as they relocate to new areas. The most common form of relocation diffusion involves the spreading of innovations by a migrating population

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Relocation diffusion

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10
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Introduction & establishment of the Muslim religion. A process still underway, most notably along the Islamic Front, the marks the southern border of the African transition zone.

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Islamization

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A national group that aspires to become a nation-state but lacks the territorial means to do so; The Palestinians & kurds of the Southwest Asia are leading examples

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Stateless nation

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12
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A checkerboard like spatial pattern of modernization in an emerging market economy wherein a few localized regions of a country experience most of the development while the rest are largely unaffected

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Fragmented modernization

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The international organization that emerged after the first world war (1914-1918) whose purpose was to maintain international peace & promote cooperation in solving international economic, social, & humanitarian problems. It consisted of as many as 58 member countries by the mid 1930s, but it failed to prevent WWII (1939-1945) & is best remembered as the flawed predecessor to the United Nations. The latter was formed in 1945, has grown since then from 51 to 193 member-countries today, & continues its primary mission of preventing international wars, serving as a forum for dialogue & conflict resolution.

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League of nations

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Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of that faith & to influence state policy. Often called religious fundamentalism; but in the case of Islam, Muslim prefer the term revivalism

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Religious Revivalism

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A doctrine within Islam, commonly translated as holy war, it entails a personal or collective struggle on the part of Muslims to live up to the religious standards prescribed by the Quran (Koran)

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Jihad

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16
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Particularly virulent form of (Sunni) Muslim revivalism that was made the official faith when the modern state of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932. Adherents call themselves “Unitarians” to signify the strict fundamentalist nature of their beliefs

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Wahhabism

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17
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27 million people (growth rate, 3.2%), 167K sq. mi. (size of California)

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Iraq

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19 million people (growth rate, 3.2%), 71K sq. mi.

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Syria

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4.4 million (growth rate, 2.5%), 34K sq. mi. Sunni (92%), Christian (8%)

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Jordan

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20
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5.6 million (growth rate, 1.9%), 7847 sq. mi. Judaism (82%), Islam (14%), Christian (2%)

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Israel

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21
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3.5 million (growth rate, 1.6%), 3949 sq. mi. Muslim (70%, 5 major groups), Christian (30%, 11 groups) Syria thinks it owns it, & sort of does

22
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Native people of the area

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Canaanites

23
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Referred to as the sea people. No one us sure where these people came from, but they came from the north near Mediterranean

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Philistines

24
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People from area where Kurdistan (region not country), eastern Turkey, Northeastern Syria, Northern Iraq, & Northern Iran meet

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Empire that collapsed after first world war.
Ottoman Empire
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Group of nations that mandates French & British to go into Southwest area (Present day Iraq, Iran, Syria, Etc.) & establish nation-states
League of nations
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Town the Muslims originally flourished in
Medina
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First large Muslim city that they were originally in threat of being kicked out of
Mecca
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Larger group of Muslims that believe in following the traditions, beliefs, & practices of Muhammad
Sunni
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Smaller group of Muslims that say they must not only carry on the traditions, but the lineage as well.
Shi'te
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Al'lah
"The god" in Arabic
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What makes you a Muslim. if you say this & believe it in your heart, you are a Muslim. Sort of a creed, statement of "this is what I believe"
Shahadah
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The term god in Arabic
Illah
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. Not a single historic event, but an obligation, or pillar. This happens every year
Hajj
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Flight to Medina. The start of the Muslim calendar. It happened once, & is significant
Hejira
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The community of believers, fellow Muslims. How different Muslims worldwide fashion their affinity with the same religious/governmental structure. How the rest of the Muslim world relates to them, & if they are legitimate or not
Ummah
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Religion lawyer/theologian. No direct equivalent to a Mulluh in western society. A person who in essence is not normally a political leader, but has great sway over what the political leader says
Mulluh
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Leader of the congregation. Similar to a pastor in a Christian Church. Very common in large cities with a significant Muslim population
Sunni
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Religious decree. Your authority to issue one of these is if certain people acknowledge that you can issue them
Fatwa
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Codified law meaning, "Here is to happen to you if you commit that wrong". Fought over & whether it will become law over Nigeria.
Shari'a - Qur'anic (Koranic) law
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Successors to the prophet that ended in 1924
Caliphate
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Largely a tribal-oriented society, so reflect extended family. May reflect literal relationship or one of principle. A name given to someone often from doing something great, sometimes a characteristic or trait they have. Sometimes a nickname
Methodology
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Abd/Amt
Servant/slave
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Bin/Bint
Son/daughter of
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Ibn
Of the lineage (or house) of
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Abu
Father of
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Abi
Son of the father of
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Key point in Muslim calendar. Time of sacrifice & time of celebration. People keep an eye out for this since a lot of these towel-heads will blow themselves up during this time of sacrifice
Month of Fasting (Ramadan)
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Giving to the poor. This is a requirement
Alms
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Diffusion where Islam is transferred from face to face contact, starting with Muhammad preaching to his wife, father in law, etc.
Contagious diffusion
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More common type of diffusion of Islam. Shows the expansion of Islam largely through military conquest, starting around Mecca. Muslim army would come into area, take it over, come to the leader of the area, offer them to be converted to Islam in exchange for not being killed
Hierarchical diffusion
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Type of diffusion where if people move from one point to another, they take their religion with them
Relocation diffusion