Physical Geography
Turkey
Israel
Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
Vocabulary
100
What two continents is the Eastern Mediterranean placed between?
Europe and Asia
100
Who was the man that modernized Turkey and wanted their ways to be more westernized?
Kemal Ataturk
100
What is the name of the city that is sacred to 3 religions?
Jerusalem
100
What resource has a shortage in Jordan?
Water
100
Mineral salts that contain the element phosphorus used to make fertilizer
Phosphates
200
What is the main climate of this region?
Desert
200
What did the Romans rename the City of Byzantium when they invaded it?
Constantinople
200
Also known as the scattering of Jewish people
Diaspora
200
What two languages are mainly spoken in Lebanon?
Arabic and French
200
A way of keeping religion separate from the government
Secular
300
What physical landmark (mountains, deserts, seas, etc.) covers the majority of Syria and northern Jordan?
Syrian Desert
300
What are two main seas that Turkey borders?
Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
300
Israel's current government has a parliament that is known as what?
Knesset
300
Syria and Lebanon gained independence around what year?
1940s
300
The body of water that splits Turkey into 2 sections
Bosporus Strait
400
Name at least two facts that make the Dead Sea unusual.
Everyone can float because of the high saline content, it is the lowest point on Earth, only bacteria lives in it, and the minerals that can be used for lotion that is found at the botton of it
400
What continent did Turkey's government want to be more like? HINT: Westernized
Europe
400
What was the name of the movement that forced Jews to establish a Jewish state in their homeland?
Zionism
400
Most people that live in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan are what?
Arabs
400
The world's saltiest sea
The Dead Sea
500
What are the 3 waterways that separate Europe from Asia?
Bosporus Strait, Dardanelles, and the Sea of Marmara
500
Name at least 3 ways Kemal Ataturk modernized Turkey.
-Closed Islamic schools -Encourage Turkey people to adopt surnames -Banned the fez, traditional hat -Urged women to stop wearing traditional veils -Encouraged women to vote -Replaced the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet -Adopted the metric system
500
What are the two main groups of people that are separated throughout Israel?
Jews and Palestinian Arabs
500
What is an interesting fact about the city of Damascus?
It is the oldest inhabited city in the world and was once a regional trading center
500
A large farm where people share everything in common, Jewish settlement in Israel
Kibbutz
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