Geography
A region that includes Western Asia and parts of North Africa
What is the Middle East
Citizens directly elect the President and the members of the legislature
What is Presidential Democracy
An economy where people produce just enough for subsistence, work is performed as it always has been done, and jobs and social class are inherited
What is a traditional economy
An ethnic group that gradually invaded and took over Central and Southern Africa from 1000BCE to around 300CE
Who are the Bantu
Religious/scared text of Judaism
What is the Torah
A transcontinental country straddling southeastern Europe and western Asia
What is Turkey
Citizens elect representatives for legislature, and the legislature elects the President/Prime Minister
What is a Parliamentary Democracy
A free economy driven by consumer demand
What is Market Economy
A group of people with a common background based on ancestry, culture, language, and heritage
What is an ethnic group
Three monotheistic religions whose beliefs where founded on the same person, Abraham
What is Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
A strategically important strait between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
What is the Strait of Hormuz
A government where the leader has absolute power over the citizens
What is autocracy
An economy, controlled by the government, which decides what to produce, how to produce, and for whom
What is Command Economy
A people group that formed in southern and southeastern Africa and was a blend of Bantu and indigenous people
Who are the Swahili
Two prominent religions practiced in the continent of Africa
What is Christianity and Islam
A major river in Western Asia, flowing through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
What is the Euphrates River
The belief that government leaders should control and manage the government and the economy for a goal of equality
What is Communism
An economy with the market economy freedoms of consumer choice and profit motive, and the command -economy protections of government regulations for workers and the environment
What is a mixed economy
The largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia
Who are Arabs
The religious/scared text of Islam
What is the Quran
A landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories.
What is the West Bank
A country run by a small group of elites who usually stay behind the scenes
What is an Oligarchy
What are the best descriptions of the economies of Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
What is a mixed economy
A people group that originated from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah
Who are Jews
A religion that is divided because of a disagreement on who should be the leader of their religion
Who are the Sunni and Shia Muslims