Geography
Ms. Avar
Points:
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Persian Gulf / E. Mediterranean / Full Name:______
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Today’s Date:______
Assignment #:______

CHAPTER 19: Persian Gulf

IDENTIFYING TERMS: Choose the term that correctly matches each definition.

_____1. oasis / a. line of hereditary rulers
_____2. dynasty / b. country governed by religious law
_____3. imam / c. religious leader of the highest authority among Shia Muslims
_____4. ayatollah / d. area where a spring bubbles to the surface
_____5. theocracy / e. religious leader in Muslim society

UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS

1. What are the seven countries that make up the Persian Gulf and interior region?

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2. How have the plants of the region adapted to survive long periods without rain?

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3. What processes were responsible for the diffusion of Arabic culture?

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4. Contrast the way that people become imams among the Sunnis and the Shia

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5. Why is it that Saudi Arabia has so much influence in world affairs today?

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THINKING CRITICALLY

1. Finding the Main Idea: Why is the Red Sea becoming wider?

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2. Identifying Bias: How do religious leaders in Iran view the West? What have they done as a result of this point of view?

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Geography/Ms. Avar YOUR full name: ______Date:______Per. _____ Assignment #____

CHAPTER 20: Eastern Mediterranean

IDENTIFYING TERMS: Choose the term that correctly matches each definition.

_____1. potash / a. Ottoman ruler
_____2. sultan / b. nonreligious
_____3. Zionism / c. mineral used to process wool and to make fertilizers
_____4. souk / d. open-air market
_____5. secular / e. movement that called for Jews to set up their own country or homeland in Palestine

UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS

1. Explain why many Jews immigrated to Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. How did the Arabs already living in the area react to Jewish immigration?

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2. Identify Israel’s two official languages. How do these languages reflect Israel’s history?

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3. What environmental concerns face the eastern Mediterranean region?

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THINKING CRITICALLY

1. Drawing Conclusions: Why is it that the forests of the eastern Mediterranean countries, with the exception of Cyprus, have largely disappeared?

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2. Identifying Points of View: Identify the three main religions of the eastern Mediterranean. What points of view do these religions have in common?

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3. Contrasting: How do the economies of Israel and Turkey differ from the economies of Jordan and Syria?

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4.  History: Why did the ancient Romans exile the Jews from Palestine?

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5. Religion: What role does religion play in shaping cultural patterns in the eastern Mediterranean?

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