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Final Jeopardy
100
French for “rising” → referring to the sun rising in the east
Includes: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Cyprus & Israel
The Levant (East Mediterranean)
100
Helped the Persians reduce evaporation of water from mountains to farmlands.
Qanats
100
Term to describe an ethnic group without a formal country like Palestinians or Kurds (found across Turkey, Iran and Iraq).
stateless nation
100
a communal farm or settlement in Israel
Kibbutz
100
Mesopotamia is an example of a ....
Cultural Hearth
100
First Period
Type of tree found in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Cedar trees
200
What is the Syrian Desert composed of?
Gravel
200
Connects the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea (East Med. water systems)
Dardanelles or Bosphorous /Bosporus (strait)
200
Territory ruled by an Arab leader on the Arabian peninsula.
shiekdom
200
Name of the organization that controls the price of a natural resource in SW Asia.
OPEC
200
Lake that resulted in the damming of the Euphrates River.
Lake al-Assad
200
Second Period
Type of Islam that believes descendants should be directly from Mohammed and is found in countries like Iran.
Shia (Shiites)
300
a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
rift valley
300
Name one of the choke points on the Arabian Peninsula.
Strait of Hormuz or Bab el Mandeb
300
Name of a religious holy place for praying in Islam culture.
Mosque
300
Name of the larger section of the Arabian Desert.
Rub al-Khali (empty quarter)
300
Name of body of water where most people in Egypt live along.
Nile River
300
Third Period
Group of people in North Africa:
- maintain traditional customs
- pastoral farmers
- Nomadic
Berbers
400
Mountains where the mineral resource of pink granite massif can be found in North Africa.
Ahaggar Mountain
400
These are highly used in SW Asia region due to lack of fresh water.
Desalination Plants
400
Empire that ruled Central/SW Asia from 1450-1917.
Ottoman Empire
400
Which climate would describe SW region as a whole?
A) Artic (Tundra) and Semi-arid (steppe/grassland)
B) Semi-arid (steppe/grassland) and arid (desert)
C) Semi-arid (deciduous forest) and arid (desert)
D) Arid (tropical rainforest) and semi-arid (steppe/grassland)
Semi-arid (steppe/grassland) and arid (desert)
400
Name of the religious text of the faith of Islam.
Quran/Koran
400
Fourth Period
River in North Africa that is engineered by a government to bring water to people in a country without any natural water.
Started construction in 1960.
Libya's Great Man Made River
500
Mountains that run through the countries of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Caucasus Mountains
500
Name of river that serves as natural boundary in Israel.
Jordan River
500
What type of borders did European countries draw that created conflict amongst ethnic groups and separated them as well.
geometric or man-made borders
500
The raising of livestock, done in the grassland biome found in parts of Turkey, Iran and Iraq (NE part of SW Asia)
pastoralism
500
McDonald's located in a country like Saudi Arabia is an example of cultural...
a) convergence
b) divergence
c) diffusion
c) diffusion
500
Eighth Period
Name of dictator that was taken down after a war against the US from 2003-2011.
Saddam Hussein
600
Body of water that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Seas. (Also separates the continents of Africa and Europe.
Strait of Gibraltar
600
What sea are evaporation ponds found in?
The Dead Sea
600
Name of the system put in place after WWI that has led to ethnic tensions and terrorists' attacks in SW Asia.
(Name of system Europeans created that resulted in the modern day borders of Middle Eastern countries. )
(Human Geo of East Mediterranean)
Mandate System
600
Resources found in East Mediterranean (at lease two)
Salt, Gypsum, Cedar Tree
600
Name of military organization started by United States following WWII.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
600
Ninth Period
What structure/landform has brought invasive species to the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal