World Regional Geography Chapter 4

The Balfour declaration was a ________ british mandate that required the establishment of a Jewish homeland

1917

How many kurds live in the mountain areas along the borders of Iran, syria, turkey and a small area in armenia

20-30 million

What is a pilgrimage to Mecca?

Hajj

What religions were born in the middle east and north africa region?

Islam, Christianity, Judaism

United Nations administered neutral zone around the city of

Jerusalem

Where are the Atlas Mountains located?

Northwest Africa

In North Africa tunnel well dug into the base of a mountain used for irrigation is called

Qanat

The largest desert in the world is

Sahara

Most Iraqis are _____, while most Iranians are _________.

Sunni/Shi'ia

The Palestinian Arabs accepted the UN partition plan

True

Which country has largest percent of the world's proven oil reserves

United Arab Emirates

Movement in 19th century that strived to build homeland for Jewish people in palestine is

Zionism

OPEC

an economic alliance of arab oil exporting countries

syria was part of the ________ mandate at the end of world war 1

french

Algeria become a possession of

great britain

What is not considered on of the "occupied territories" that are home to palestinians living in Isreal?

jerusalem

What are nomadic pastoralists?

livestock herders

This desert landscape feature is created when low lying land and a high water table have allowed some of the water to percolate to the surface

oasis

sinai peninsula is part of

palestine

holy book of islam

qur'an

term used to describe islamic law

shari'a

Most muslims in Iran are

sunni

Largest land area used for dry farming

turkey

over the past years Israel has built settlements into substantial portions of which occupied territory?

west bank