Natural Environments
History
Culture
The Region
Agriculture
100
Tectonic forces
What is forces that shaped region
100
Arabic
What is main language
100
Islam forbids eating pork
Why are pigs not raised in the region
100
Mecca
What is Islams holiest city
100
arid climates and rugged landscape
What makes farming difficult
200
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
What is countries in the Middle East
200
1900's
What is British took over Arabian Peninsula
200
Islam
What is unifying cultural feature
200
Ancient
What is the condition of the cities
200
subsistence farming
What is farming practiced by Persian farmers
300
Arid and semi Arid
What is climates in the region
300
The Fertile Cresent
What is location of first civilizations
300
Pashtun
What is largest ethnic group in Afganistan
300
oil and gas
What is central to the economies of Persian Gulf countries
300
Shrubs and grasses
What is plants that cover the Persian Gulf
400
Where a spring bubbles to the surface
What is an oasis
400
A prophet known for spreading Islam
What is Muhammad
400
The Sumerians
What is built first known cities
400
arid climate and rugged landscape
What makes farming difficult
400
hunting by humans
What is made life difficult for larger animals
500
lies North and East of the Arabian peninsula
Where is Mesopotamia
500
Migration, Trade, and spread of Islam
What is diffusion of Arabic words
500
Sunni and Shi'ism
What is two main branches of Islam
500
A group driven by an extreme version of Sunni Islam
What is the Taliban
500
rivers that begin in humid regions and then flow across dry areas
What is exotic river
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