Geography chapter 17 study guide
culture hearth
A center in which cultures develop and from which they are spread.
Iran
A country in Western Asia that used to be called Persia
Anatolian Plateau
A large peninsula in Turkey
The Dardanelles
A narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
Cuneiform
A system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols that were pressed into clay tablets.
Ramsar Convention
An international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Iran and Iraq joined with several other oil-producing countries to form what organization?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The GAP project in Turkey involves what rivers?
Iran
The Persian Empire arose east of Mesopotamia in what modern-day country?
Canals to irrigate their fields, cuneiform, a system of mathematics, and a code of law.
The Sumerians developed a code of writing as well as what else 5,000 years ago?
Arid or semi-arid climates
The inland areas of the Northeast experience what type of climate?
Islam
The majority of the people living in the Northeast practice what religion?
Pastoralism
The raising of animals for food and other products.
Heavy irrigation in a place where evaporation happens quickly.
What has caused soils in Iraq to negatively impact agriculture in the country?
North Anatolian Fault
What is the name of the fault lines that are very active in Turkey?
The Caspian Sea
What is the name of the world's largest inland body of water?
Crowded cities with lots of cars of factories, and dust storms cause air pollution.
What makes the air in Iraq harmful and concerning to many groups of people?
Mesopotamia
a historical region of Iraq situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, or "land between the rivers".
Marsh
a wetland typically covered with grasses
Tehran
the capital of Iran, in the north of the country.
