Chapter 18 ( SW Asia Test Review)

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Rub al Khali

" empty quarter" the largest harshest desert in Saudi Arabia

Jews

80% of the people living in Israel

Persian Gulf

A body of water in the Arabian Peninsula, surrounded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, the UAE, and Oman.

Wadi

A dry streambed.

Arabian Peninsula

A geographic area which contains the largest sand desert in the world; it also has huge expanses of desert covered with bare rock or gravel.

Islamic Republic

A government run by Muslim religious teachers.

Law of Return

A single law passed in 1950J stating that Jews anywhere in the world can come to Israel to live

Oasis

A wet, fertile area in the desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface.

Capital of Jordan

Amman

Alluvial Plain

An area built up by rich fertile soil left by river floods.

OPEC

An international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets by controlling the supply. ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Embargo

An order that restricts trade with another country.

The large Plateau in Turkey is called______________

Anatolia

Capital of Turkey

Ankara

Turkey bridges what 2 continents?

Asia and Europe

Nomadic desert people who follow a traditional way of life

Bedouins

Capital of Lebanon

Beirut

What are the Turkish Straits?

Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles

Capital of Syria

Damascus

On what river has Syria built dams?

Euphrates

What river is in Syria?

Euphrates

More than one-half are Persians, not Arabs or Turks.

How do the people of Iran differ from other Southwest Asian people?

Pistachio nuts

Iran is the world's largest producer of this

Almost 100% of Turkey is what religion

Islam

Knesset

Israeli parliament (legislative branch)

What is Turkey's largest city?

Istanbul

Shahs

Kings that ruled the Persian Empire.

Besides Turkish what other language does Turkey people speak?

Kurdish and Arabic

To move one place to another

Migrate

What is Syria's main export?

Oil

Muscat

Oman's capital

What is unique about Istanbul

Only city to be on 2 continents

Almost half of Syria's people live in....

Rural areas

What country did bedouins come from?

Syria

What country has been the center of trade for centuries?

Syria

What is the name of the land form in the eastern region of Syria?

Syrian Desert

What mountains does Turkey have?

Taurus Mountains in the south and Pontic mountains in the north

What happened when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?

This resulted in the Persian Gulf War

Turkeys main language is?

Turkish

March 2003

US and British forces invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein

What does Jordan lack?

Water and energy sources

Arab and Kurdish

What are the 2 largest ethnic groups in Iraq?

Oil

What is Iraq's major export?

Kabul

What is the Capital of Afghanistan?

Tehran

What is the Capital of Iran?

Baghdad

What is the Capital of Iraq?

Hindu Kush Mountain Range

What landform makes up much of Afghanistan?

The Khyber Pass and it has been a major trade route linking Southwest Asia with other parts of Asia for centuries.

What trade route cuts through the Hindu Kush?

The Tigris and the Euphrates

What two rivers have influenced the history of Iraq?

Between the two rivers(Tigris and Euphrates) on an alluvial plain.

Where does most farming take place in Iraq?

Sanaa

Yemen's capital

Dead Sea

a body of water in Israel which is the lowest place on the earth's surface

Negev

a desert in southern Israel covering almost half of the country

drip irrigation

a method using computers to release specific amounts of water from underground tubes to the roots of plants in dry areas

Golan Heights

a plateau in Israel east of the mountains of Galilee

kibbutz

a settlement in Israel where people share property and produce goods

moshav

a settlement in Israel where people share property but also own some private property

Palestinians

about 20% of Arabs living in Israel

Aden

major port for ships traveling between the Arabian Sea and Red Sea

Jerusalem

named capital city of Israel in 1950

Jordan River

river along the West Bank in Israel

Holocaust

systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II

Riyadh

the capital of Saudi Arabia

Tel Aviv - Yafo

the largest manufacturing center in Israel

Farsi

the main language spoken in Iran

desalinization

the process of taking salt out of seawater

West Bank and the Gaza Strip

the two (2) areas in Israel which are a source of conflict between Jews and Palestinians

Pashtuns and Tajiks

the two major ethnic groups in Afghanistan

1948

the year Israel became a republic

Elburz and Zagros

two mountain ranges in Iran


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