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What is the holy journey to Mecca?

hajj

What is the ancient civilization by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Mesopotamia

Term for Christian holy people

saints

A traditional market place

bazaar

Who is the greatest prophet in Islam?

Muhammad

Muslim leaders

caliphs

What is the name for the Muslim holy month?

Ramadan

Early Egyptian writing

hieroglyphics

Egyptian peasant farmer

fellahin

With whom did God make a covenant?

Abraham

Factories that turn petroleum into other products

refineries

Name of the Jewish nation

Israel

Define genocide

Deliberate killing of an ethnic group

Man-made waterway that carries water between the Mediterranean and Red Seas

Suez Canal

Early Sumerian writing

cuneiform

Define enclave

Smaller territory surrounded by a larger territory

Name three ways to deal with water shortages

AquifersRationing

DesalinizationBuild a dam

This country has ¼ of the world’s oil reserves

Saudi Arabia

Means “the land farthest west”

Maghreb

What are phosphates?

Mineral salts used to make fertilizers

Term for illegal hunting or fishing

poaching

What is dry farming?

Land left unplanted for a few years to store moisture

What is sedimentary rock?

Layers of material hardened by intense weight

What is silt?

fine, rich soil

What country controls the Aswan Dam?

Egypt

Dry riverbeds

wadis

Define nomads

People who travel to find food and water

Define aquifers

Underground layers of rock through which

water flows

What’s a kibbutz?

Land on which everybody works & owns property

together

Name the two areas Palestine controls

Gaza Strip West Bank

Bahrain’s main industry

banking

What’s a clan?

People related to one ancestor

What thing(s) did Moses do?

Lead Israelites out of EgyptOr

Received the Ten Commandments

Name for the dry, grassy plains

steppe

Iranians are this ethnic group

Persian or Azuri

Hydroelectric dam discussed in area

Aswan

What do Judaism, Christianity and Islam have in common?

monotheistic

What is the holy book of Islam?

Quran

Define embargo

To restrict trade with a country

What physical feature covers most of North Africa?

Sahara

Main language in the Middle East

Arabic

Group that attacked the US in 2001

Al-Qaeda

Where does Libya get water

Aquifers under the Sahara

What is the process of removing salt from water?

desalinization

List four things about the first Persian Gulf War

Iraq invaded KuwaitUS & others told them to get outUS declared war in Jan ‘91War lasted less than 2 monthsIraqis set oil field on fireIraqis tried to starve the Kurds

Countries with higher standards of living have what resource?

oil

Name two ways ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt

were alike?

Both were:theocracies polytheistic

and developed writing systems

Give the name of the group in Afghanistan that is against

the gov’t of Afghanistan

Taliban

What three religions were born here

(in order of birth)

JudaismChristianity

Islam

What is infrastructure?

Roads, ports, electricity, water, etc.

How was Israel formed?

UN gave Israel part of Palestine

Name three things North Africa countries have in common

Ethnically Arabs & BerbersMuslims

Were European colonies

What ethnic group is upset with the US for supporting Israel?

Arabs

describe cuneiform

Wedge shaped symbols

Who is Muhammad?

Merchant turned prophet who began

Islam

Define theocracy

Government run by religious leaders

Define Quran

Islamic holy book

Describe Ramadan

Islamic holy month with daytime fasting and nighttime feasting

What is a pharaoh?

Egyptian ruler thought to be a god

Define prophets

Messengers of God

Why is the hajj to Mecca?

Birthplace of Muhammad

What are stories about heroes?

epics

What can’t women in Saudi Arabia do without male chaperones?

VoteDriveTravel

What are the two braches of Islam and which is larger?

Sunni, the largestShia

Define moshav

Where people work farms together, but have their

own property

What’s a civil war?

Conflict between groups in a country

Define dictatorship

Gov’t with an all-powerful ruler

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Statement of faithPrayer 5 times a day

Give money to the needyObserve Ramadan

Hajj to Mecca

Describe multiple cropping

Growing more than one yield per year

Turkey connects what two larger areas?

Asia and Europe

What’s a bedouin?

Desert dweller, nomad

Name the mountains in North Africa

Atlas Or

Ahaggar

What is a problem with the Aswan Dam?

Doesn’t allow silt through so farmers

use fertilizers

What is fertile soil left by a river?(not silt)

An alluvial plain

What is the largest sea in the Middle East?

Mediterranean

Name two problems contributing to the Middle East’s water problem

Little rainfallHigh temps evaporate water quickly

Aquifers are very deep

What problem occurs with irrigation?

Salt is left behind

What are trade sanctions?

Actions taken against a country to try to bring about change

Like were used in Libya

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

What two seas have been damaged by poaching and irrigation projects?

Black and Red

Baltic and Black

Caspian and Red

Black and Mediterranean

Aral and Caspian

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Who set up a dictatorship in Libya?

Muhammad

Ariel Sharon

Anwar Sadat

Saddam Hussein

Muammar al-Qaddafi

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

About 20 percent of the Sahara is covered by

water

regs

steppe

wadis

ergs

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Oil was formed in the Persian Gulf area when heat and pressure affected

Water and minerals

Sea animals and plants

Minerals and salts

Air and water

Sedimentary rock

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

What did Hammurabi’s Code provide for Mesopotamians?

A social club

A writing system

A money system

Religious laws

A legal system

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Which of the following separates Africa from Europe

Suez Canal

Black Sea

Red Sea

Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Gibraltar