The United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia.
What is oil
100
The describtion of the economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran
What is Mixed Economy
100
The country west of Afghanistan
What is Iran
100
Define canal
What is an artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation
200
The three main ethnic groups of SW Asia.
What is Christianity, Islam, Judaism
200
Israel has made up for its lack of natural resources by..
What is they have developed strong technology companies in their economy.
200
The reason teh US went to war against Iraq in 2003
What is claiming that the Iraqu government led by Saddam Hussein, was developing nuclear weapons and offering aid to groups like al-Qaeda, who were a threat to US interests in the region.
200
Describe the climate of SW Asia
What is hot and dry
200
The religion of most of the Arabs in SW Asia
What is Sunni Muslim
300
Difference between and ethnic group and a religious group.
What is an ethnic group is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. A religious grou shares a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature.
300
The meaning of OPEC
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
300
The name given to the Israeli parliament
What is Knesset
300
The bodies of wate that are connected by the Strait of Hormuz.
What is the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
300
Why did so many countries in teh United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in 1948?
What is many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust.
400
Name and describe the Five Pillars of Islam.
What is
Shada (there is no god but Allah and Muhammad)
Salat (praying 5 times a day facing the direction of Mecca)
Zakat (charity to the poor)
Sawm(no eating or drinking during the daylight hours)
Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
400
Israel has made heavy investment in this capital good.
What is human capital.
400
The name given to the leader of a parliamentary system is often called this.
What is a prime minister.
400
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers come together to form the borer between these two countries.
What is Kuwait and Iran
400
This led to the US bombing and invading the country of Afghanistan in 2001.
What is the attack on the World Trade Center.
500
The religion of those who call themselves Arabs.
What is Islam
500
The reason why the United Nations formed a coalition to stop Iraq from taking over the country of Kuwait in 1990.
What is because the US gets a large portion of oil from Kuwait.
500
This SW Asia countyr has a democratic system of government.
What is Israel
500
The Suez Canal is important to international shipping because of what?
What is the Suez Canal makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without having to sail around the continent of Africa.
500
The issue that led to the split between the Sunni and Shia in Islam
What is they disagreed over who should lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad.