middle east
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| show | "B/w the rivers" 2 rivers flow together. ex= Tigris & Euphrates river
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| define cultural hearth & give example in the middle east | show 🗑
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| show | large distribution of oil, people in Iran have many resources but doesnt allow much farming, conflict in israel bc of the limited space and lack of water
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| define OPEC | show 🗑
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| show | gov't= democracy
economy= market economy like the US,
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| show | economy= mixed economy & 75% of GDP is from oil
Gov't= 'democracy' like a puppet gov't
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| show | monarchy (authoritarian)
ecnomy= command economy like china!
authoritarian=command gov't controls erything
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| show | Govt= theocracy (authoritiarian)
economy= command
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| which country in the middle east controls the whole coast line of the persian gulf? why might that be a good thing for that country? | show 🗑
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| (supply & demand) if OPEC produces more oil.. what will happen? | show 🗑
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| (supply & demand) if OPEC doesnt produce as much oil.. what will happen? | show 🗑
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| why is oil significant to the economies of middle eastern contries? | show 🗑
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| show | cartel
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| show | oil and nat. gas
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| show | strategic passage or canal which could be closed or blocked to stop sea traffic.
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| founder of Judiasm? | show 🗑
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| founder of christianity ? | show 🗑
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| founder of islam? | show 🗑
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| major beliefs of judiasm? | show 🗑
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| show | trinity
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| major belief in Islam? | show 🗑
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| place of woreship for judiasm? | show 🗑
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| place of woreship for muslims? | show 🗑
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| major division for islam? | show 🗑
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| show | Torah..old testament
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| holy book for islam? | show 🗑
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| religious leader for judiasm? | show 🗑
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| religious leader for christianity ? | show 🗑
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| show | Imam
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| show | lack of access to water
the status of jerusalem
jewish settlements in the occupied territories
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| show | movement of spreading out, after violence/ war over religious styles
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| show | the movement that called for jews to set up their own country or homeland in Israel. (form of nationalism supporting jewish nation)
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| show | so they can defend themselves in there own land!
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| show | land, (as in like who does israel belong to?0--> bc of religion, resources( scarcity of water)
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| what causes the iranian revolution in 1979? | show 🗑
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| show | there government! changed into theocracy= country is governed by religious law
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| show | they are a democracy, they have a president(ahmadinejad), they are a free society share equality, & that Iran doesnt have nuclear weapons
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| show | theocracy-rigged elections, supreme leader/dictator, repressive society-press is controlled by gov't, evidence that iran is producing fuel for nucs.
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| define sanction | show 🗑
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| show | ottoman empire rules & turkification
european influence& wanted them to modernize & messes everything up
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| Saddam does ___. & means? | show 🗑
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| show | started party purges, authoritarian, censored his country
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| how does Iraq geography affect there people? | show 🗑
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| show | persian gulf war bc they need money & want the oil from kuwait
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| what is significant about the Kurds ? | show 🗑
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| show | pic goes water, city, mts. US example seattle
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| show | middle east movement where there are people protesting for individual freedoms, economic reform, & overall a better QOL
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| what is significant about egypt & saudi arabia location? | show 🗑
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| show | British- controlled by the ottoman empire wanted them the turkify.
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| show | with every president they have they hoped for a democracy but ended up with authoritarian govv't.
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| show | authoritarian, 6 assassentation attemps, if you critize the gov't= 5 yrs in prison get arrested, his elections led to media crackdown. arab spring protesters began.
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| show | authoritian gov't, when the pres steps down they think they will get a new democratic leader.
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| show | 24% arable land good for farming, part of the fertile crescent
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| show | French & authoritarian
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| show | ba'ath party--> general Hafez Al Assad part of.
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| define anti-zionist and who was this ? | show 🗑
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| show | Syria/Basan Al Assad invaded idrael.
lost the golan heights
supports Hamas & hezbollah
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| what is significant about the red sea? | show 🗑
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| show | lies b/w iran and suadi arabia.. iraq gets a little bit of coastline but not enough
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| show | world's largest single source of crude oil, and related industries.
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| where is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located? which country? | show 🗑
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| name a cultural health example in the middle east where relgion and ect began. | show 🗑
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| show | Arabian Peninsula
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| show | suez canel bc Because of its narrow width, it is considered a chokepoint because it can easily be blocked to interrupt this flow of trade.
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| show | iran & iraq
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| show | A fundamentalist Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan
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| show | very dry or desert like. M.E. does not have enough water to support animal life or agriculture.
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| show | Areas of low annual rainfall and having sparse plant life with short coarse grasses. Syria & northern Iraq
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| what are the middle east abundunce & scarcity resources & what doo they mean? | show 🗑
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| show | they dont control their own borders, airspace or trade, seperate & competing gov't in Gaaza & the west bank, & no army/police
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| what is the threat to peace between israel & palestine ? | show 🗑
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| define theocracy & a country example? | show 🗑
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| show | A follower of Islam is called a Muslim.
Muslims believe in the Five Pillars.
1. faith 2. fasting(ramadam) 3. charity 4. pilgrimage to mecca
5. praying 5 times a day
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| define Sunni & __% of muslims are Sunni | show 🗑
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| show | Muslims who believe that religious leaders (Imams) descended from the prophet, Mohammed. They believe that only Imams can interpret the Quran (Koran.)
Iran, Iraq, & Lebanon. 10% muslims
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| show | gov't ruled by a single person (king) like saudi arabia
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| define geopolitcal power | show 🗑
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| how is most of the middle east have such geopolitical power? | show 🗑
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| show | Iraq to Iran
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| show | arab spring, over many middle eastern countries as citizens protested governmeents
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| define secular | show 🗑
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| show | favoring a modern nonspiritual democracy with seperation of mosque & state, as oppossed to islam as a political movement.
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| show | heavy traffic, piracy, & any distrupution can lead to instability in oil prices.
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