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Unit 8: Southwest and Central Asia Flashcards

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Turkey

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Ankara

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Topography of Turkey

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Taurus and Pontic mountains
Anatolian plateau
Mt. Ararat near Armenian border
Lowlands to the west

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Istanbul

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Largest city in Turkey
Port
Former names: Constantinople and Byzantium
Hagia Sophia

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Bodies of water surrounding Turkey

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Black Sea, Bosporus strait, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea

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Ethnicity of Turkey

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Most are Turks, 20% are Kurds

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Turkey was part of the _____
Ruler in 1923
Government type
Much of its trade with _____

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Ottoman Empire
Ataturk
Secular
Europe

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Cyprus

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Nicosia

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Three facts of Cyprus

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Independence from Britain in 1960
Divided population- Greeks and Turks, the green line
Fishing and farming are major activities

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Israel

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Jerusalem

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Cities in Israel

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Tel Aviv- largest city

Haifa: port on the Mediterranean

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Topography of Israel

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Mostly hills and valleys
Negev desert (south)
Sea of Galilee, Jordan River, and Dead Sea-lowest point in the world
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Israel formed in _____ from ____ rule as a ____ homeland

____ are Jews

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1948
British
Jewish
80%

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Arabs in Israel

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Palestinians

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Lands lost during the six-day war

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Egypt: Gaza Strip and the Sinai
Jordan: West Bank and east Jerusalem
Syria: Golan heights

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Israeli government

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Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu 
Parliament called Knesset
Hebrew and Arabic are official language
Shalom means peace
OT rules still apply to Orthodox Jews
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Syria

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Damascus

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Land features of Syria

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Much desert, most people live in the west or near the Euphrates River

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Political/ government of Syria

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Gained independence from French after WWI
Not friendly with Israel or US (ties with Moscow)
Socialist government, Assad family, civil war
90% Arab/Muslim

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Bible reference of Syria

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Naaman

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Lebanon

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Beirut

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Lebanon facts

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Population 1/2 Muslim, 1/2 Christian

Formerly under British control

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Lebanon Bible references

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Cedar trees
Queen Jezebel, worship of Baal
Cities of Tyre and Sidon-wicked

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Cities in Jordan

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Amman-capital

Agaba-port city by the Red Sea

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Jordan facts

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Struggles with Israel, lost land to them

Desert country, supports Palestinian refugees

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Bedouins

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Nomadic Arabs

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Jordan Bible references

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Area of Moab-Ruth

Land of Edom-descendant of Esau

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Iraq

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Baghdad

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Iraq facts

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Tigris and Euphrates provide fertile land-ancient Mesopotamia
Produces 3/4 of the world’s dates
Ranks 2nd in oil reserves
Persian gulf war, Saddam Hussein, invasion of Kuwait

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Iraq recent years

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2003- US wages war on terrorists
2005- first democratic election
Saddam Hussein was arrears tried and executed by the new Iraqi government
US helping to improve infrastructure

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The people of Iraq

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Mostly Arabs, some Kurds in north

Both Shia and Sunni Muslims

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Iraq Bible references

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Tower of Babel
Ur
Nineveh
Babylon

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Iran

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Tehran

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Five Iran facts

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Land of ancient Persia
Zagros mountains and the great salt desert
5th in oil, key city of Abadon
Half of population under 25
Nuclear program could be a threat
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Iran government and religion

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Mostly Shia Muslims
Theocracy-rule by God (ayatollah-representative on earth)
Anti-US and anti-Israel

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Iran Bible reference

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Esther

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Saudi Arabia

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Riyadh

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Land features of Saudi Arabia

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Makes up most of the Arabian peninsula
Surrounded by two seas and four gulfs
Mostly a dry desert or plateau region

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People and government of Saudi Arabia

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Religious center of Islam-Mecca
King is a member of the Saud family
Almost totally Arabic and Muslim

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Saudi Arabia oil facts

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Depends on oil for most of its wealth
Ranks 1st
Oil is 91% of total exports

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Yemen cities

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San’a-capital

Aden-port city

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Yemen facts

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North Yemen and South Yemen joined in 1990
Mountains, herdsman, 20% literacy rate
Little oil, some farming-coffee beans

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Oman

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Muscat

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Oman facts

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Good farming, some oil

Still ruled by a sultan

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