Countries Location
What country is an island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Cyprus
What landform covers most of Saudi Arabia?
The Arabian Peninsula
What is an authoritarian government?
One which all the power is held by one person or a small group.
The Sumerians were polytheistic. True of False?
True
What does it mean to domesticate something?
To change the behavior of crops or animals for the use of humans.
Which country is the northernmost country of this region?
Turkey
What is the sea between SW Asia and Africa called?
The Red Sea
Iran is a theocracy, what does this mean?
A government run by religious power.
Irrigation is to supply water to crops, it increased farming!
What does it mean for a monarch to have ultimate power?
What country is south of Saudi Arabia and to the west of Oman?
Yemen
What two rivers are significant to this area's history?
Tigris & Euphrates
What does it mean to be a "failed state?"
50 extra points for each country you can name that is a failed state.
A country who's government is ineffective.
Bonus: Yemen and Syria
Why did ancient Mesopotamians settle in the Fertile Crescent?
Flood waters left behind silt, making the soil super rich and fertile for farming.
What is an ethnic group?
A group of people who share a distinct language, culture, and identity.
Describe where Kuwait is located.
Kuwait is south of Iraq, North of Saudi Arabia.
What is the large group of Mountains that cover the west of Iran?
The Zagros Mountains
What are the two types of monarchies we discussed?
Constitutional(has elected officials) and Absolute(monarch has all the power)
Why was trade important to Ancient Southwest Asia?
It introduced new goods and spread ideas and cultures from this area and others.
What is a secular government?
A government that is non-religious.
Who lays claim to land within Israel?
Palestine
What is the name of the gulf to the east of Saudi Arabia?
The Persian Gulf
What makes a democracy flawed?
Limiting rights and freedoms of citizens.
ex: laws limiting freedom of press, civil rights. Putting political opponents in jail. Discriminating against minorities.
What was Hammurabi's Code?
A law code from the Babylonian Empire.
What is cuneiform?
The system of writing developed by Sumerians.