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Floyd Final Review
Review for 1st Semester Final Exam
Question | Answer |
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Countries around this body of water are known for their large stores of oil | Persian Gulf |
Mecca is the holy city for this religion | Islam |
Most abundant resource in the Middle East | oil |
the founder of Christianity | Jesus |
Islamic terrorist organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US | alQaeda |
oil-producing country north of Saudi Arabia where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are found | Iraq |
most pressing issue facing the Middle East in terms of water supply | scarcity |
artificial watering of land, especially for farming | irrigation |
country bordered by the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | Turkey |
Saudi Arabia has a harsh climate but is using this process to solve its water problems | desalination |
The area where early civilizations began around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | Fertile Crescent |
two resources that are vital to the future of the Middle East are water and these | fossil fuels |
the waterway created for trade that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | Suez Canal |
the Middle Eastern country that is the world's leading oil producer | Saudi Arabia |
Country that, along with France, gained control of the Ottoman Empire lands at the end of WWI | Great Britain |
mountainous country east of Iran where the US is sending troops | Afghanistan |
a movement in response to anti-Semitism that called for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine | Zionism |
a country downstream from Turkey that is concerned about losing water resources due to the dam project | Syria |
the Old Testament is basically the same as the holy book for this religion | Judaism |
the Arab-Israeli Wars concerned this group of people reclaiming their homeland from Palestinian Arabs | Jews |
differences between Sunnis and Shi'ites are over who should be the ___ of the religion and government | leader |
Saddam Hussein invaded this country in the Persian Gulf War | Kuwait |
an economy that has some private enterprise and government control | mixed economy |
the government makes all decisions in this type of economy | command economy |
the US and Israel have this type of economy | mixed market |
type of government where a wealthy family or military group has power | oligarchy |
this is made up of 12 oil-rich nations that control world oil prices and supply | OPEC |
if a resource is scarce, the price will usually ___ | rise |
Israel's government is this type of democracy because the legislature chooses the Prime Minister | Parliamentary |
Saudi Arabia's government which is headed by a king | monarchy |
another name for a business owner | entrepreneur |
trade barrier where one country refuses to trade with another country | embargo |
investments in education are investments in ____ resources | human (or human capital) |
type of democracy where voters choose legislative and executive branch | presidential |
total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year | GDP |
under Saddam Hussein, Iraq's type of governemnt was a(n) ___ | autocracy |
system of govt. where the central government controls most government functions and has the power | unitary system |
government ruled by a religious leader or group | theocracy |
capital investments in transportation, also known as ____, help a country grow its GDP | infrastructure |
a tax on imported goods that helps protect a country's businesses | tariff |
the type of government where one person has the power | autocracy |
the Ayatollah, or Supreme Leader, is the leader of this Middle Eastern country | Iran |
the conflict caused by a mountainous ethnic group's desire for their own state | Kurdish Conflict |