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GWA Middle East Test Prt. 4 Flashcards

1
Q

What is the largest climate zone in the Middle East

A

Desert (90%)

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2
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Where does the majority of the population in the M.E. (Geographically)

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Coastlines & River valleys

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3
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List three resources found throughout the M.E.

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-Medals (Iron, Copper)
-Coal
-Natural Gases
-Phosphates

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4
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What is the most common language spoken throughout the M.E.

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Arabic

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5
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What are other common languages in the M.E.

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Farsi (Iran), Turkish, Hebrew (Israel)

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6
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What are 3 major religions that originated in the M.E.

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-Christianity
-Judaism
-Islam

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7
Q

How many countries are in the M.E.

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17

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8
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What is the current approximate pop. of the M.E.

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450 million

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9
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What country has the highest pop.

A

Egypt

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10
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What country has the lowest pop.

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Bahrain

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11
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What are some of the main ethnic groups in the M.E.

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1) Arabs
2) Persians

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12
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Define Zionism

A

Movement to create a seperate Jewish homeland

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13
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Who 1st created Zionism? When?

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Theodor Herzl; In the 1890’s

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14
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Why was Zionism made

A

Pogrom

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15
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Define Pogrom

A

Organized campaigns of violence against Jews

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16
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Define Anti-Semitism

A

Political, social, and economical agitation against Jews (Hatred of Jews)

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17
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Between what years did the Holocaust occur

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1939 - 1945

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18
Q

Who many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust

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6 million

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19
Q

What other groups were targeted by the Nazis

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Gypsies, Disabled, Homosexual

20
Q

Which country had the highest % of their Jewish pop. murdered during the Holocaust

A

Poland (91%)

21
Q

What was the most common method used to kill the Jews during the Holocaust

A

Gas Chambers (Used Zyklon - 13 poison)

22
Q

What was Kristallnacht

A

“Night of Broken Glass” (Nov. 11, 1938)

23
Q

Why did Kristallnacht happen on that date

A

Hitler wanted to take away the symbol of the 11th (Embarrassing contract w/ France)

24
Q

Who was the Nazi’s leader in charge of the SS

A

Heinrich Himmler

25
Q

What was Einsatzgruppen Battalions

A

A squad that did a mass shooting of the Jews

26
Q

When was the Wannsee Conference

A

January 1942

27
Q

What was the result of the Wannsee Conference

A

Final Solution

28
Q

What was the Post-war solution (WW2) for the Jews

A

Create a separate Jewish homeland for the Jews = Created Israel

29
Q

What was the problem with created Israel

A

The land chosen was mandated for Palestinian independence

30
Q

When was Israel offically created

A

1948

31
Q

What % of Palestine was taken away to create Israel

A

55%

32
Q

Relative location of the Gaza Strip

A

Area of land found along the Mediterranean Sea & borders Egypt and Israel

33
Q

Relative location of the West Bank

A

Western bank of the Jordan river

34
Q

Relative location of the Golan Heights

A

Buffer zone created between Israel & Syria

35
Q

What started the Persian Gulf War

A

Iraq invaded Kuwait (Claimed that it was their 19th province = was not)

36
Q

How long did the Persian Gulf War last

A

6 weeks

37
Q

What was Operation Iraqi Freedom

A

To remove Hussein and his regime from power (Mainly due to the type of gas he used that both killed his opponents & his own troops)

38
Q

What are the 3 largest cities by pop. in the M.E.

A

1) Cairo
2) Istanbul
3) Tehran

39
Q

Who are the Kurds? Where?

A

Ethnic group of the M.E? Turkey & Iraq

40
Q

What was the proposed country for the Kurds

A

Kurdistan

41
Q

What is the Islamic law called

A

Sharia(h) [Sure-ree-a] - Traditional sacred Law of Islam

42
Q

What was the source of Sharia

A

Book of Koran

43
Q

What is the common goal of the Sharia

A

Muslim unity

44
Q

Which M.E. nations still use Sharia today

A

Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia

45
Q

Define Islamic Fundamentalism

A

Movement for M.E. nations to return to conservative values set forth in the Koran & remove themselves from Western influence

46
Q

Define Pan-Arabism

A

Movement to unite all Arab speaking people

47
Q

Define ISIS

A

Islamic State of Iraq & Syria

GWA (After Latin A.) (47 decks)

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