The largest desert in the world that covers a significant portion of Northern Africa
What is the Sahara Desert
A follower of Islam is called this.
What is a Muslim?
this climate is always hot and rains daily, found along the equator
What is tropical wet?
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
What are the three religions that originated in SW Asia?
the deliberate killing of a large group of people based on religion, ethnicity, race, etc.
What is genocide?
a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
A religion that believes in only ONE god.
What is monotheistic?
This climate recieves less than 10 inches of rainfall a year
What is a desert?
this ocean current can help create a semi arid climate
A term for a group that shares a culture, but has no state or country to call their own.
What is a stateless nation?
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded three sides by water
What is a peninsula?
A set of religious laws that come straight from the Quran.
What is Sharia Law?
This climate has all four seasons and is found in the northeastern US.
What is humid continental?
the factor that describes whether you are near a coastline or in the interior. The closer you are to the coast (ocean), the more stable your temperatures year round.
What is continental location or continentality?
A political movement that saw protests pop up across North Africa and Southwest Asia in an attempt to bring in democracies.
What is Arab Spring?
A piece of land whose borders are almost entirely surrounded by water. For example: The Arabian Peninsula, Florida, Yucatan, etc.
What is a peninsula?
After Muhammad’s death these Muslims believe that the only requirement to be the religious leader is that you are a practicing Muslim. Today they are the majority at roughly 90% of all Muslims.
What are Sunni?
this type of climate is damp and cloudy with precipitation all year around
What is marine west coast?
This LAMECOWS impacts the highland climate.
What is elevation?
A type of political system where religion influences governmental decisions and laws.
What is a theocracy?
A body of water that is located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
What is the Aral Sea?
Considered a holy city by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
What is Jerusalem ?
this climate has the taiga forest with short, cool summers and very cold winters.
What is subarctic?
the side of the mountain in the orograpghic effect that has moisture.
What is windward?
This group thinks that after his death, Muhammad, wanted all leaders of Islam to be from his bloodline. Today, this group is the minority of all Muslims at 10-13% of the population.
What are Shiites?