Economy
What most Middle East economies depend on for income
Oil production/sale
What is known as the belief in one god?
Monotheism
What is the main form of government in Arabia/Iraq?
Monarchy
How many states is the Middle East divided into?
19
What is the Middle East known as being a crossroads for?
Traders, travelers, and empire builders
Middle Eastern countries hire?what kind of workers
Foreign
What 3 religions all started in the Middle East?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Absolute monarchy
Tigris, Euphrates, Jordan Rivers
Traditional garb Middle Eastern women wear covering their face and hair.
A hijab
Use the money to purchase water resource/cleaning equipment.
The belief that the Quran should be used to define the way of life and government.
Fundamentalism
This nation became a republic in 1990, with a 2 house legislature
Yemen
What desert in the Arabian Peninsula is known as "The Empty Quarter?"
Rub' al Khali Desert
What language family includes Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic?
Semitic
What does Israel have few of?
Natural resources
What sect of Islam is the majority in the Middle East?
The Sunni sect
Syria has an autocracy; what is that form of government?
It is controlled by a person who didn't win a free election.
Most of the are in the Middle East is desert, what then, is the climate?
Semiarid/arid Climate
What is a stereotype of the Middle East?
It is only made up of deserts, nomads, camels, and pyramids
What Middle Eastern nation does not have oil, but instead produces coal?
Turkey
What 3 things cause consistent conflict between Jews/Muslim in the Middle East?
Reclaiming land, water resource accessibility, control over historic sites
What nation made it legal for women to vote in 2005, and in 2009 had 4 women win seats on parliament?
Kuwait
What is the climate around the area of the "Fertile Crescent?"
Mediterranean
What goods have appeared more in Middle Eastern markets the past 200 years?
Western (US, Canada, etc) goods