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Physical Landforms and Climates
Religion
People
Environment and Resources
Definitions and Cities/Places
100
They have shaped the physical features of the region.
What have Tectonic forces done?
100
Reason why pigs aren't raised in the region
What is Islam forbids eating pork?
100
Because of Islamic traditions, they are to value roles as mothers and wives.
What is the role of a women?
100
Arid climates and a rugged landscape make it difficult.
What makes farming difficult?
100
An area where a spring bubbles to the surface.
What is an oasis?
200
Hot and dry climates.
What kinds of climates dominate the region?
200
It is the dominant religion of the region.
What is Islam?
200
Many people did that because they were looking for jobs.
Why have many people migrated to the cities?
200
They can't because in some places the soil is too salty.
Why can't plants grow?
200
This organization influences oil prices by controlling supply.
What is OPEC?
300
That would be Mecca.
What is Islam's holiest city?
300
They are nomadic farmers.
Who are the Bedouins?
300
They are the most important natural resources.
What is Oil and Water to the region?
300
They built the first known cities in southern Mesopotamia.
What did the Sumerians do?
400
He was a prophet. He established Islam.
Who was Muhammad?
400
They are a group who came to power in the 1990s. They were driven by an extreme version of Sunni Islam.
Who is the Taliban?
400
It has made life difficult for the wild animals.
What has hunting and competition from domestic animals done for the wild animals?
400
They would be Tehran, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Kabul, Afghanistan; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
What are the largest cities in the region?
500
Those are the two main branches.
What are Sunni Islam and Shi'ism?
500
They are people who live in the borderlands of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are Muslims, but not Arabs. They have never had their own country, but their desire for self-rule is a source of political unrest in some countries.
Who are the Kurds?
500
These plants cover the the regions wide dry plains.
Shrubs and grasses cover what parts of the region?
500
It is to the north and east of Arabian Peninsula.
Where is Mesopotamia?