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What is the holy journey to Mecca?
hajj
What is the ancient civilization by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Mesopotamia
Term for Christian holy people
saints
A traditional market place
bazaar
Who is the greatest prophet in Islam?
Muhammad
Muslim leaders
caliphs
What is the name for the Muslim holy month?
Ramadan
Early Egyptian writing
hieroglyphics
Egyptian peasant farmer
fellahin
With whom did God make a covenant?
Abraham
Factories that turn petroleum into other products
refineries
Name of the Jewish nation
Israel
Define genocide
Deliberate killing of an ethnic group
Man-made waterway that carries water between the Mediterranean and Red Seas
Suez Canal
Early Sumerian writing
cuneiform
Define enclave
Smaller territory surrounded by a larger territory
Name three ways to deal with water shortages
AquifersRationing
DesalinizationBuild a dam
This country has ¼ of the world’s oil reserves
Saudi Arabia
Means “the land farthest west”
Maghreb
What are phosphates?
Mineral salts used to make fertilizers
Term for illegal hunting or fishing
poaching
What is dry farming?
Land left unplanted for a few years to store moisture
What is sedimentary rock?
Layers of material hardened by intense weight
What is silt?
fine, rich soil
What country controls the Aswan Dam?
Egypt
Dry riverbeds
wadis
Define nomads
People who travel to find food and water
Define aquifers
Underground layers of rock through which
water flows
What’s a kibbutz?
Land on which everybody works & owns property
together
Name the two areas Palestine controls
Gaza Strip West Bank
Bahrain’s main industry
banking
What’s a clan?
People related to one ancestor
What thing(s) did Moses do?
Lead Israelites out of EgyptOr
Received the Ten Commandments
Name for the dry, grassy plains
steppe
Iranians are this ethnic group
Persian or Azuri
Hydroelectric dam discussed in area
Aswan
What do Judaism, Christianity and Islam have in common?
monotheistic
What is the holy book of Islam?
Quran
Define embargo
To restrict trade with a country
What physical feature covers most of North Africa?
Sahara
Main language in the Middle East
Arabic
Group that attacked the US in 2001
Al-Qaeda
Where does Libya get water
Aquifers under the Sahara
What is the process of removing salt from water?
desalinization
List four things about the first Persian Gulf War
Iraq invaded KuwaitUS & others told them to get outUS declared war in Jan ‘91War lasted less than 2 monthsIraqis set oil field on fireIraqis tried to starve the Kurds
Countries with higher standards of living have what resource?
oil
Name two ways ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt
were alike?
Both were:theocracies polytheistic
and developed writing systems
Give the name of the group in Afghanistan that is against
the gov’t of Afghanistan
Taliban
What three religions were born here
(in order of birth)
JudaismChristianity
Islam
What is infrastructure?
Roads, ports, electricity, water, etc.
How was Israel formed?
UN gave Israel part of Palestine
Name three things North Africa countries have in common
Ethnically Arabs & BerbersMuslims
Were European colonies
What ethnic group is upset with the US for supporting Israel?
Arabs
describe cuneiform
Wedge shaped symbols
Who is Muhammad?
Merchant turned prophet who began
Islam
Define theocracy
Government run by religious leaders
Define Quran
Islamic holy book
Describe Ramadan
Islamic holy month with daytime fasting and nighttime feasting
What is a pharaoh?
Egyptian ruler thought to be a god
Define prophets
Messengers of God
Why is the hajj to Mecca?
Birthplace of Muhammad
What are stories about heroes?
epics
What can’t women in Saudi Arabia do without male chaperones?
VoteDriveTravel
What are the two braches of Islam and which is larger?
Sunni, the largestShia
Define moshav
Where people work farms together, but have their
own property
What’s a civil war?
Conflict between groups in a country
Define dictatorship
Gov’t with an all-powerful ruler
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Statement of faithPrayer 5 times a day
Give money to the needyObserve Ramadan
Hajj to Mecca
Describe multiple cropping
Growing more than one yield per year
Turkey connects what two larger areas?
Asia and Europe
What’s a bedouin?
Desert dweller, nomad
Name the mountains in North Africa
Atlas Or
Ahaggar
What is a problem with the Aswan Dam?
Doesn’t allow silt through so farmers
use fertilizers
What is fertile soil left by a river?(not silt)
An alluvial plain
What is the largest sea in the Middle East?
Mediterranean
Name two problems contributing to the Middle East’s water problem
Little rainfallHigh temps evaporate water quickly
Aquifers are very deep
What problem occurs with irrigation?
Salt is left behind
What are trade sanctions?
Actions taken against a country to try to bring about change
Like were used in Libya
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
What two seas have been damaged by poaching and irrigation projects?
Black and Red
Baltic and Black
Caspian and Red
Black and Mediterranean
Aral and Caspian
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Who set up a dictatorship in Libya?
Muhammad
Ariel Sharon
Anwar Sadat
Saddam Hussein
Muammar al-Qaddafi
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B.
C.
D.
E.
About 20 percent of the Sahara is covered by
water
regs
steppe
wadis
ergs
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Oil was formed in the Persian Gulf area when heat and pressure affected
Water and minerals
Sea animals and plants
Minerals and salts
Air and water
Sedimentary rock
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B.
C.
D.
E.
What did Hammurabi’s Code provide for Mesopotamians?
A social club
A writing system
A money system
Religious laws
A legal system
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following separates Africa from Europe
Suez Canal
Black Sea
Red Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Gibraltar
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