Setting
What are the 3 major rivers in the region of SWANA?
Tigris, Nile and Euphrates
Arabic
What was the name of ancient rulers?
Pharaohs
Which country's government is a theocracy?
Iran
OPEC is in control of what major resource?
Oil
Why is the Suez Canal important?
It allows ships to avoid sailing/traveling around Africa
What is cuneiform?
An ancient writing system and the oldest form of writing in the world.
The Ottoman Empire spread what religion across Southwest Asia?
The countries of ___________ is considered a constitutional monarchy.
Jordan, Kuwait and Morocco
Which country is the poorest and least developed?
Yemen
Mecca is the capital of what country?
Saudi Arabia
Who started the Islamic religion?
Muhammad
The powerful city that reigned from 200B.C. to 100 B.C.
Ancient Carthage
Women having to cover up (head to toe) and not being allowed to speak publicly is a restriction of their ___________.
Most SWANA countries are mostly comprised of Free Enterprise economies execpt for Iran. What type of economy does Iran have?
Command
What major physical geographic feature in Africa pushes people to live along the coast?
Sahara Desert
What religious holidays do Jews celebrate? What holidays do Muslims celebrate?
Jews - Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah
Muslims - Hajj and Ramada
What was Mesopotamia?
One of the first civilizations that grew between the Tigris and Euphrates River
What are 2 similarities between Afghanistan's government and the United States government.
* Both led by presidents
* Both are considered Republics
Most of the worlds oil comes from which 2 countries?
Saudi Arabia and Iraq
What words make up setting?
land, ocean and mountains
What words make up culture.
religion, language and education
What words make up history?
eras, ancient times and war
What words make up politics?
rights, laws and leaders
What words make up economy?
Trade, jobs and factories