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Settlement Patterns
Migration & Trade
Religion in SWANA
Economics
Potpourri
100
Location of first civilizations
What is the Importance of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
Three types: movement for herding, trade, and job opportunities
What are push and pull factors that cause migration in SWANA?
100
Muslim
What is the major religion of SWANA?
100
-Wealth from the oil helps countries build modern ports, airports, highways, etc. -Wealth is rarely distributed evenly; those who live in rural areas tend not to benefit from oil wealth
What is Economic geography of Southwest Asia?
100
An industry in which the production of goods and services is based in homes, as opposed to factories.
What is cottage industry?
200

This civilization was in present day Iraq. They were the first to create government and writing systems 

Mesopotamia

200
nomadic, Arabic-speaking herders who live in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
Who are the Bedouins?
200
-Most Muslims living in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey belong to this sect.
What is Sunni?
200
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and UAE
What are OIL-RICH countries?
200
Another word for oil
What is petroleum?
300

-supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels. 

What is irrigate/irrigation?

300
semi-nomadic traders who live in various North African countries including Algeria and Libya
Who are the Tauregs?
300
Most Muslims living in Iran and Bahrain belong this sect.
What is the Shia?
300
What modification on the Sinai Peninsula connects the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea which makes trade easier and more efficient
What is the Suez canal?
300
the spreading of desert conditions caused by overgrazing and overfarming
What is Desertification?
400
North Africa is dominated by this major biome.
What is the Sahara Desert?
400

-United Arab Emirates attracts many migrants who travel there to be.....

What are Guest Workers?

400

-Jerusalem, Sudan, and Iraq are main locations of serious disputes over religion because of the c_______ d________ that exists in these regions.

What is CULTURAL DIVERSITY?

400

Price does this when supply decreases

What is increase?

400

art in SWANA

Post an example of Egyptian art in the chat.

500

Ancient Babylon was located in this present day country.

What is Iraq?

500
Where do people settle in SWANA?
What is Near Water Sources such as the Nile River
500
- Fasting - Prayer - Alms - Pilgrimage - Faith
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
500

-This colonial power 'broke up' the Ottoman Empire. 

What is Great Britain?

500
This country was created in 1948 by the UN and is the center of conflict in Southwest Asia
What is Israel?