Ch 21: Landforms and Resources
Arabian Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
Northeast
Random!
100
The two most of the most important rivers of Southwest Asia; supported several ancient river valley civilizations, and flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
the principal resource of Arabian Peninsula income
What is oil?
100
Movement that begin in Europe in the late 1800s; goal was to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
What is Zionism?
100
Fought from 1990-1991; began when Iraq invaded Kuwait to take control of Kuwait's oil supplies
What is the Persian Gulf War?
100
a strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society, including prescribed clothing styles for both men and women, restrictions on the appearance of women in public places, and regulations on television, music, and videos. Supported/hid Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden
What is the Taliban?
200
a landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters; it is 1,349 feet below sea level, making it the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth
What is the dead sea?
200
The purpose of this is to help members control worldwide oil prices by adjusting oil prices and production quotas.
What is OPEC?
200
The state of Israel was created after this war
What is World War II
200
Began in 2003 with the main goal of removing weapons of mass destruction from the hands of Saddam Hussein
What is the war in Iraq? (Operation Iraqi freedom)
200
These people are considered a "stateless nation"
Who are the Kurds?
300
The most valuable resource in SW Asia
What is WATER “In mountainous lands such as Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, water is plentiful compared to the rest of the region. It can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. However, elsewhere, water is a scarce resource that must constantly be guarded and carefully used. Efforts to conserve water have been a part of the culture of the people living in the region for thousands of years”
300
Name the 5 pillars of Islam
What is declaration of faith, prayer 5x a day towards Mecca, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca
300
This nation has advanced technology and modern infrastructure, along with a very high immigrant population
What is Israel?
300
About 4 out of 5, or 80 percent of the world's muslims are _________
What are Sunni Muslims?
300
This country has been experiencing a complicated civil war since 2011 
What is Syria?
400
An artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
400
He consolidated power over large areas of the Arabian Peninsula in the name of the Saud family. By the end of the 1920s, only small countries on the Persian Gulf and parts of Yemen remained free of his control. The whole area became known as Saudi Arabia in 1932.
Who was Abdul al Aziz?
400
Today, the two major territories in Israel and Palestine that are disputed
What is the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
400
This nation has more advanced infrastructure and technology than other nations in the Northeast; has developed steel and hydroelectric industries
What is Turkey?
400
This ancient civilization made many advancements, including developing the first known writing system, cuneiform
What is Sumer?
500
a river that serves as a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan, flowing from the mountains of Lebanon with no outlet to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Jordan river?
500
This nation has an urban population of 81 percent
What is Saudi Arabia?
500
Formed in the 1960s to formed to regain land for Palestinian Arabs.
What is the Palestinian Liberation Organization
500
This ancient civilization made great advancements in government; organized the empire into provinces
What is the Persian empire?
500
Hammurabi's first code of laws belonged to this empire
What is Babylon?
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