Vocabulary 1
Polytheism
What is the belief in more than one god?
Primary product
What is a natural resource that comes from the earth?
Egypt and Ethiopia are fighting because
What is Ethiopia is building a dam on the Nile and limiting the amount of water Egypt gets?
This resource is know as "black gold and is also known by these two other names
What is Oil (crude oil) and petroleum?
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all:
What are the three monotheistic religions of the Middle East/Southwest Asia?
Monotheism
What is the belief in only one God?
Secondary product
What is a natural resource that is process/turned into something else?
Israel and the Palestinians are both dependent on this water source, but the Palestinians get a very limited supply of water
What is the Jordan river?
Cloud seeding is used to:
What is to use chemicals dropped from a plane to create clouds to drop rain on very dry areas?
What is all three monotheistic religions are known as Abrahamic religions?
Ethnic group
What is a group of people who have the same beliefs/characteristics ?
Westernize/Westernization
What is To be more like America--such as fast food, jeans, music
Saudi Arabia and Israel are using advanced/expensive technology to create purified water from salt water called:
What is desalination?
Deforestation, overuse of land, soil erosion, over grazing of animals are causing this environmental concern:
What is desertification?
In Jerusalem the Western or Wailing Wall is important to Jew because:
What is it is the last remaining temple that shows where the Jewish people originated from?
Scarcity
What is Not a lot of something which can make it very valuable?
--Think diamonds or gold or even water
Law of Return
What is a law that says Jews from anywhere in the world can move to Israel?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
In the Middle of the desert many desert travelers like the Turgeg tribe rely on this naturally occurring water source :
What is an oasis?
What is Judaism and Christianity?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What does OPEC stand for?
The Hajj
What is a religious journey to Mecca- holy city in Saudi Arabia ? OR What is one of the five pillars?
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf surround this area
What is the Middle East/ Southwest Asia?
In Yemen water issues are a huge issue impacting its citizens by:
Abraham, Jesus, Moses and Muhammad are all called this special term because they are considered "messengers of God"
What are prophets?