Countries of the Middle East
Turkey
Continents: ______and ______
-Split by…
Istanbul
-Old name:
-Old role:
Large part of Turkey called:
-Also called:
Most people live in ______along the ______
People in the ______are isolated
-Location of the…
They are Turkey’s largest…
Why are they fighting with the Turkish government?
What would they call their new country?
Turkey was the first Muslim country to…
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Rejected…
-Becoming more ______, not as ______
-Accepting more…
Israel
Where is the most fertile land?
-Kibbutz:
These are…
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Economy
Fact:
Has a powerful…
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Syria
Mostly…
Most people live…
-Bedouin:Where do they live?
Damascus =
-Mix of…
Opposes:
Accused of being a…
They have gotten involved with…
Lebanon
Large ______population How much of the population?
Society is:
-Home to…
Many…
Problem with Syria:
Jordan
Mostly…
It is a…
-Leader’s name:
Acts as a…
-Allies:
Home to many…
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Developed?
Imports:Why?
Location of…
Iraq
Location of:
Possible site of…?
People
North =
-Minority group:
Want independence
Most of the population lives in…
Religion:
Resources
Farming:
-Land:
Biggest resource:
Politics
Saddam Hussein
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Invaded…
Invaded…
New…
Kuwait
Size/location:
-A little smaller than ______
Biggest resource:Rank
Targeted in 1990 by:
-Liberated by…
Iran
Former name:
Resources
How much of the population is in agriculture?
-What’s needed for success?
Biggest resource:
-Fact:
-OPEC fact:
Another resource:
People
What dominates society?
-Government:
Location of…
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Ethnicity:
1979 =Ruler:
-Who was the Shah?
-What was the Ayatollah like?
Iran Hostage Crisis:
Today =
-Openly…
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President:
Afghanistan
Geography fact:
Climate/landform:
-Khyber Pass:
-Fact:
Extremely ______
Farming:
-Big crop:
What are they used for?
Why is it big?
Only natural resource:
People
Many different…
-______run ______
Invaded and occupied by ______in ______
-______wins with ______help
Ruling party:
-Type of government:
-Supported…
-Intolerant of…
Destroyed ancient large ______in desert
-Dismantled after…
Saudi Arabia
Dominant landform:
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- Biggest is called:
People settled around…
-Some cities near ______
-Oil fields located along…
Economy =
-Who benefits from the oil?
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People
Created by…
-Huge family
Important country for ______
-Mecca:
-Medina:
Uses strict…
-Especially strict on ______
One of US’ biggest allies
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Gulf States…list them:
General size:
Government type:
Resource:
-Bahrain:
Culture note:
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Doha:
UAE is made up of…
New development in Persian Gulf off coast of Dubai, UAE:
Egypt
Nile River
-Most important landform in Egypt
-Flows ______miles ______through Egypt
-______% of agriculture is along the river
Used for ______for farmland
-______% of population lives within ______miles of the River
-______built to control floods
Problems this causes:
Dam stops ______deposits; ______suffers
Lake Nasser is filling up with ______
______from Lake Nasser is speeding up the decay of ______
Population is ______fast
-This is straining ______
-Egypt has to import ______of their food
Cairo
-Egypt’s ______
-On the Nile River
-Very old
-______people
Sinai Peninsula
-______is on the western side
Finished in ______
______miles long
It takes ______hours to travel
Very important to world wide trade and travel
Percentage of world’s trade:
-Peninsula was invaded and controlled by ______from…
Libya
Leader =
-Blamed for the ______bombing over ______in ______
Details:
U.S. ______his house to ‘encourage’ him to hand over suspects
Libya accepted responsibility and paid ______to families of victims
Last conspirator was transferred from UK to Libya in Aug ‘09 because of terminal cancer
2003:
2004:
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