Ch 17-19 Southwest asia

Question 1

________ believed that Turkey should be more modern and adopt western ways

Answer 1

ataturk

Question 2

What did ataturk do to adopt more western ways

Answer 2

Banned the fez, encouraged women to stop veils, and encouraged women to vote

Question 3

religion is kept separate from government

Answer 3

secular

Question 4

which laws are fighting in turkey today

Answer 4

Islamic law vs. Turkish law

Question 5

The dispersal of the Jewish population

Answer 5

diaspera

Question 6

a nationalist movement calling for Jews to establish a Jewish state in their ancient homeland

Answer 6

zionism

Question 7

_______ which means fit in hebrew, is the termed used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws

Answer 7

kosher

Question 8

a large farm where pare share everything in common

Answer 8

kibbutz

Question 9

Capital _________ is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.

Answer 9

Damascus

Question 10

Many of the people are _________ or Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of southwest Asia

Answer 10

bedouins

Question 11

Water is the most valuable resource. Well can be dug into dry streambeds called ______

Answer 11

wadis

Question 12

water that is it replaced by rainfall

Answer 12

fossil water

Question 13

____ Muslims believe that true interpretation of Islamic teaching can only come from religious leaders

Answer 13

Shia

Question 14

king

Answer 14

shah

Question 15

a government ruled by religious leaders

Answer 15

Theocracy

Question 16

what is the landscaping in southwest asia

Answer 16

rugged landscape

Question 17

The _________ Valley is fertile because of the two rivers that flow through ut Sur Darya and Amu Darya

Answer 17

fergana

Question 18

__________ and ____________dispute over water rights from the two rivers

Answer 18

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Question 19

Route from Europe to China ran through central Asia and was known as the______ . Cities along the road became rich from trade.

Answer 19

Silk road

Question 20

moveable round house made of wool felt mats hung over a wood frame

Answer 20

Yurt

Question 21

_______ is the official language of business and govt

Answer 21

Russian

Question 22

forty clans. Clan membership is still important

Answer 22

kyrgyz