Geography ch.18
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- Iran used to be called ____.
- Persia
- The people of Armenia are called ____.
- armenians
- The people of Afghanistan are called ____. They are not ___ and most are ____.
- Afghanis, Arabs, Muslims
- What are the 4 most populated cities?
- Cairo, Alexandria,Baghdad, Casablanca
- Define: hieroglyphics
- Egyptian writting system using pictures and symbols to represent words and sounds
- The Phonecians are known for achieving what? Where did they settle?
- alphabet, phonics(letters stand for sounds); Lebanon and Israel
- What is the largest ethnic group?
- Arabs
- In Turkey the people are called ____. They are not _____ and most are ____.
- Turks, Arabs, Muslims
- what are the three most populated countries?
- Turkey, Iran, Egypt
- define: ethnic diversity
- a difference in peoples based on their origins, languages, or beliefs
- Define: qanats
- underground canals
- The Persians lived in ____ and they built ____.
- Persia and qanats
- Define: mosques
- houses of public worship
- The followers of Christianity are called ____ and they worship in a ___.
- Christians, church
- 8 countries have what as their government?
- monarchy
- Libya has what as their goverment?
- military dictatorship
- Iran government is based on what?
- Islamic laws
- Define: Yom Kippur
- day of atonement, day of fasting & nearly unbroken prayer, asks for forgiveness of sins committed in the past year.
- Most Arabs are ____.
- Muslims
- What is Iran's nickname?
- Land of the Aryans
- What are the two types of muslims?
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sunni
Shitte - what year was Israel established?
- 1948
- Define:domesticate
- to take plants and animals from the wild and make them useful to people
- What are the Sumerians known for achieving?
- -engineering, cuniform, and soil science
- Define: monotheism
- the belief in one god
- Define: nationalism
- the right of each people to have its own independent nation
- define: nationalized
- placed under government control, the foreign- owned oil companies in their countries
- The Islams are ___. Their holy city is ___ and their worship place is the ___. They also worship the god ___. Their holy book is the ____.
- Muslims, Mecca, Mosque, Allah, Quran
- Iraq has what as their goverment?
- dictatorship
- What are two examples of countries that have a monarchy as their government?
- Jordan and Saudi Arabia
- Define: Passover
- celebration the exodus of moses leading the Israelites out of bondage from Egypt& theirreturn accross the Red Sea
- Define: hanukkah
- Festival of Lights, celebration of the rededication of the temple of Jerusalem
- What are the only two countries that do not have a muslim majority?
- Israel and Cyprus
- What are the only two countries with Christians?
- Lebanon and Cyprus
- ---% of Christians live in this area.
- 3
- __% of people are Sunni Muslims in this area.
- 73
- ____% of the people are Shitte Muslims in this area.
- 21
- __% of the people in this area are Jewish.
- 1
- ___% of people in this area are Muslims.
- 94%
- What are the three wealthiest countries?
- Israel, Quatar, and Saudi Arabia
- What are the two poorest countries?
- Afghanistan, and Egypt
- Define: Zigirat
- mud brick temples
- Define: Beduin
- desert marketplace
- define: suq
- ENCLOSED MARKETPLACE
- Why are the muslims and Jews fighting?
- They both want pocession over the land.
- The people of Iran are called ____. They speak ____. They are also ____ Muslims.
- Iranians, Farsi, Shitte
- ____ is the most densly populated country with ____ p.s.m
- Bahrain, 2400
- Define: cuneiform
- summerian writting system using wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
- What are the Egyptians known for achieving?
- 365 day calendar, hieroglyphics, and the building of pyramids
- Define: prophet
- messenger
- In Judaism, ___ made the city of ____ their holy city. They worship in a ____ and believe in the ____. They are also ____ which means belief in one god.
- Jews, Jerusalem, synagogue, Torah, monotheistic
- In the year ____ AD, ____, one of god's prophets who lived in ____, believed that people should change their ways and believe in one true god.
- 600, Muhammed, Saudi Arabia
- Israel has a ____ as their government
- parliamentery democracy
- Egypt has what as their goverment?
- republic
- Define: the fast of Ramandan
- Islamic holy month in which Muslims fast all day