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What physical feature is this?
Arabian Sea
What country is this?
Turkey
What physical feature is this?
Tigris River
What country is this?
Syria
What physical feature is this?
Red Sea
What country is this?
Iraq
What country is this?
Iran
What country is this?
Afghanistan
What country is this?
Saudi Arabia
What physical feature is this?
Euphrates River
What physical feature is this?
Strait of Hormuz
What physical feature is this?
Suez Canal
True or False-Most Kurds and Arabs practice Sunni Islam, while most Persians practice Shia Islam
True
If someone reads the Quran, worships on Friday in a mosque, and doesn't eat pork and fasts during Ramadan, what RELIGION does that person likely practice?
Islam
True or False: You are born into your religious group and cannot change it.
False
Many of the largest cities in SW Asia are located on or near ___ (deserts, mountains, or rivers)
rivers
True or False-The Middle East has a limited supply of fresh water
True
What are 3 things that all 3 religions have in common?
Jerusalem-holy city, all started in ME and monotheism
What city is a holy place for all religions?
Jerusalem
Who was the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Who was the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
Who was the founder of Christianity?
Jesus
Which physical feature is number 1?
Jordan River
Which physical feature is number 3?
West Bank
Which physical feature is number 2?
Gaza Strip
What 2 countries built dams on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers making farming in Iraq more difficult?
Turkey and Syria
Oil spills-cause or effect of water pollution?
cause
Decrease in GDP and literacy rate-cause of effect of water pollution?
effect
What is monotheism?
Belief in 1 god
Language: Farsi, Location: Iran, Religion: Shia Islam-what ethnic group?
Persians
Location-mountains of Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, they want to have their own country because of persecution, Religion: Sunni Islam-what ethnic group?
Kurds
Holy Book: Torah, oldest Middle East religion, founder: Abraham, worship in a synagogue/temple-what religion?
Judaism
People who share a common race, language, and/or ancestry is called ______ group
ethnic
What led to the split between the Sunni and Shia in Islam?
Disagreements over who should replace Muhammad as leader
Most Persians practice _____ Islam.
Shia
Most Kurds and Arabs practice ______ Islam
Sunni
The majority of people living in Southwest Asia are members of which ethnic group?
Arab
In the Middle East, what are the 2 main environmental problems?
water scarcity and water pollution
What is the process of removing salt from ocean water called?
desalination
True or False-A large part of the population has moved from difficult life in the deserts to the easier life in the cities
True
The climate of most of SW Asia could be best described as hot and ________
arid