Asia Final Review

Jihad

Holy War

Operation Enduring Freedom

The war in Afghanistan

PLO

Palestinian Liberation

Organization

Tokyo

The most populated city in the world

6-Day War

• 1967

• Gaza Strip

• Sinai Peninsula

• West Bank

• Golan Heights

Persian Gulf War

1991

USA v. Iraq v. Kuwait

100 hours

India and Pakistan

They both have nuclear weapons

Allah

One true prophet to God

Arab

• Someone who speaks Arabic

• Someone of Egyptian descent

• Most likely Muslim

Kurds

Live in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran

Torah

History of the Jews

Shiites and Sunnis

Shiite’s believe descendants of Muhammad should rule

Aswan High Dam

Controls flooding

Better irrigation

More electricity

Self-rule in India

Gandhi used peaceful demonstrations

Polytheism

A belief in many Gods

Siddhartha Gautama

The founder of Buddhism

Hamas

• Elected political party in Israeli occupied territories  

• A recognized terrorist group  • Wants the destruction of Israel  

Filial Piety

• Respect and obedience that a child should show his parents

Long life expectancy rates in Japan

• Strains the health care system  

• Strains their social services like social security

Tiananmen Square

College students demonstrated for democratic reforms

European colonization

•Improved harbors  

•Paved roads  •New economic system

Urban heat islands

Ban tall buildings along the coasts

Oil prices

Growing global demand

OPEC

Regulates the production of oil in order to keep prices high

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Kuwait

A majority of the population is foreign born

Taliban

Fundamentalist Islamic group

Mujahedeen

Freedom fighters fighting against the Soviet Union

Three Gorges Dam

World’s largest dam is in China

Hindu is its official religion

Nepal

Follows the Five Pillars

Islam

Saddam Hussein

Iraq

Dharma

Moral duty based on class distinction

Flora

Plants

Fauna

Animal

Homogeneous

The same or similar

Cultural divergence

Separation of people based on customs, etc.

Martial law

Law enforced by the military

Primate city

Dominates all other cities

Karma

Sum of all good and bad deeds

Samurai

Professional warrior

Bedouin

Nomadic desert people

Ramadan

Islamic holy month

Embargo

Ban on trade

Shri’ah

Islamic law

Hajj

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Shogun

Military ruler

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