Section 2- Israel (Packet)

Question 1

How did Israel use technology to transform the desert (made farmland into desert)?

Answer 1

National Water Carrier which irrigates Negev desert from Sea of Galilee, drip irrigation, and drained swamps

Question 2

How did Israel mine the Dead Sea?

Answer 2

built processing plants to extract potash, salt, bromine (exports these minerals) and fish/animals cannot live in the Dead Sea

Question 3

what are the economic activites of Israel?

Answer 3

Leader in medical laser tech, weaponry, aerospace, electronics, 3/4 of people work in education/housing/tourism (service industries)

Question 4

What is the diverse culture of Israel?

Answer 4

80% are Jewish (Ashkenazi Jews are older and Sephardic Jews immigrated)- conflict is getter better now

20% are Arabs (Christians, Muslims, Druzes)- want greater voice

Question 5

What about the Palestinian refugees in Israel?

Answer 5

fled to neighboring Arab countries, Jews expelled from Arab countries, Palesinitans went to Gaza strip, 1 million Palestinians are permanent refugees

Question 6

What was the stuggle for a solution in Israel?

Answer 6

palestine did not want Israel to exist, Israel did not want to allow Palestine a homeland, In 1993 Israel agreed to withdraw, Palestine assumed authority in vacated areas, negotiations failed

Question 7

What is drip irrigation?

Answer 7

process that preserves wate by letting precise amounts pf water drip onto plants from pipes

Question 8

what is potash?

Answer 8

a mineral used in explosives and fertilizer