Population and Settlement: Changing Rural and Urban Worlds
Physiological density
The number of people per unit area of arable land.
Sunnis
Most Muslim’s later known as Sunni’s, advocated passing down power through
established clergy
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
An international organization formed in 1960 that attempts to influence the global prices and supplies of oil.
What is the role of women in Islamic?
The role of women in largely Islamic Southwest Asia and North Africa remains a major social issue. Female participation rates in the workforce are among the world’s lowest, and large gaps typically exist between levels of education for males and females. In conservative parts of the region, few women work outside the home
What is (PA) stand for and what do they do?
Palestine Authority.
Ruling authority in the Gaza Strip and portions of the West Bank.
Exotic rivers
transport much-needed water from more humid areas to drier regions suffering from long-term moisture deficits.
Hajj
Making at least one religious pilgrimage to Muhammad’s birthplace of Makkah.
Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)
As organization designed to eliminate all intraregional trade barriers and spur economic cooperation.
How are women live’s changing?
From Tunisia to Yemen, women widely participated in the Arab Spring rebellions, asserting their new political visibility in public ways.
What is Arab League?
A regional and economic organization focused on Arab unity and development.
Fertile Crescent
An ecologically diverse zone stretching from the Levant inland
through the fertile hill country of Syria into Iraq.
Shiites
A group which favors passing on religious authority within Muhammad’s family, specifically to Ali, his son-in-law.
Islamic Development Bank and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Several of these organizations offer services that are compliant with Islamic law (sharia law) leading the Islamic banking assets to grow about 20 percent annually between 2015 and 2018.
Can woman in Saudi Arabia vote and drive?
Until recently women have been prohibited from driving. In neighboring Qatar, women can vote (and hold public office), but they still need a husband’s consent to obtain a driver’s license.
What’s the geopolitical tensions between Southwest Asia and North Africa?
This instability is showing itself across North Africa which has witnessed dramatic political changes.
Transhumance
seasonally moving livestock to cooler, greener high-country pastures in the summer and returning them to the valley and lowland settings for the fall and winter grazing.
Monotheism
A belief in one God.
Southwest Asia and North Africa is a major focus of OPEC
While oil and gas are critical commodities and dominate international economic linkages, they are also growing their manufacturing and tourism that is redefining the region’s role in the world.
What is the dress codes for women?
In Iran, full veiling remains mandatory in more conservative areas, but many wealthier Iranian women have adopted Western dress, reflecting a more secular outlook, especially among the young
What country forcing Turkish government to close their border?
Syria’s political fragmentation is producing a large refugee problem which has prompted Turkey to close its borders. Turkey has also moved its own troops into northern Syria to try to stabilize the situation and limit the power of the Syrian Kurds.