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Middle East Unit 1 (Geography) Review

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