Middle East 2005
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- Why is the Middle East an accurate name for Southwest Asia?
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1. In the middle of the eastern hemisphere.
2. Located at crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia.
3. In the middle of historic trade routes. - What climate do you find in the Middle East?
- Desert Climate
- What did the British build in 1869 to decrease travel time to Asia?
- Suez Canal
- What is the most plentiful and most scarce resources found in the Middle East?
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most plentiful-oil
most scarce-water -
What does OPEC stand for?
What do they do? -
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
1. Want to decrease the influence of western oil companies.
2.Control how much oil is produces and the prices
**OPEC helped control prices in the 1970s** - What are the advantages that the Middle East has in makes and trading oil?
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1.oil is close to the Earth's surface
2.95% of the oil is near the Persian Gulf so it's easy to move.
3.OPEC controls the prices
4. US imports more oil from Saudi Arabia than any other country. - What are some indicators of the quality of life in a country?
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1.Literacy rate
2.Amount of useable land
3.infant mortality
4.birthrate
5. % of urban/rural population
6. GDP - Name the 3 monotheistic religions.
- Christianity, Islam and Judaism
- The majority of Arabs in the Middle East practice what religion?
- Islam
- What are the 3 cities that are important to Muslims in the order of importance?
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1. Mecca-birthplace of Muhammed
2. Medina-where he taught.
3. Jerusalem-where he ascended to heaven - What was the main goal of Zionism?
- To establish a Jewish state in Palestine
- What 2 groups of people claimed Palestine as a homeland?
- Arabs and Jews
- What country was created in 1948 so the Jewish would have a homeland?
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Israel...created by the UN.
Caused conflict between Israeli Jews and Arab-Muslim Palestinians. - What are the 4 areas that Israeli Jews and Arab Palestinians are fighting over?
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1. West Bank of the Jordan River
2. Gaza Strip
3. Golan Heights
4. Eastern Jerusalem - What is the goal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
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Self-rule and independence.
The creation of a homeland which would require reclaiming land from the Israeli Jews. - What is the name given to the land between the Tigris and the Euprates?
- Fertile Crescent
- What ancient civilization lived in the Fertile Crescent?
- Mesopotamia
- Where was the Ottoman Empire located?
- In Turkey.
- What is the name of the group of people treated badly by both Turkish and Iraqi governments?
- The Kurds...They want their own independent state.
- What war did the US become involved in in 1990? Why?
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The Persian Gulf War.
Iraq invaded Kuwait. - What country has a history of severely restricting woman's rights?
- Afghanistan
- Name some of the agricultural jobs Middle Easterners have.
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1.Nomadic herding-Kurds, Bedouins
2. Collective farming-kibbutz
3. raising livestock
4. growing crops and fruits
5. substitence and commercial farming.