World GeographyName Unit 6 – Central and Southwest Asia Per
Chapter 22 – section 1
1. What are the names of the Caucasus nations?
2. What are the two major seas that border the Caucasus nations on the east and west?
3. Which two nations have had recent conflicts due to religious tension?
4. Which two nations are not landlocked?
5. Which country is predominantly Islamic?
6. Which nation’s major source of wealth is oil?
7. Which country’s subtropical climate allows growth of wine grapes, citrus fruit, and tea?
8. The desire of the Azeri and Armenian cultural groups to rule themselves in separate nations is called
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9. is the systematical killing or intentional destruction of a people.
10. Several ethnic groups in Georgia have pressed for more , or independence.
Section 2
1. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, five new independent nations emerged. List them.
2. What does stan mean? Where does the first part of each country’s name come from?
3. Name two mountain ranges.
4. What is chernozem?
5. What are the three language groups?
6. What is fundamentalism?
7. Why do some people live in yurts?
8. What effect did the transformation of Kazakhstan’s and Uzbekistan’s economic activities have on patterns of settlement?
9. What kinds of environmental problems has the rapid economic development of Central Asia caused?
Chapter 23 – Section 1
a. Zionistb. Mandatec. Ottoman Empired. Self-determinatione. Palestine
1. Land governed on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence
2. A member of a movement to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state.
3. Ancient land on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea claimed as a homeland by both Arabs and Jews.
4. Large region once controlled by Turkey.
5. The right to decided one’s own political future.
6. The group of people who defeated the Arabs in the tenth century and ruled Southwest Asia for more than 400 years were the… a. Ottoman Turks b. Christians c. Seljuk Turks d. Jews
7. The Palestinians were left without a homeland… a. after the Islamic religion was established. b. because Palestine was given to the Ottomans. c. as a result of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. d. because in 1947 Jews made up 70% of Palestine.
8. Which two groups claimed Palestine as their homeland? a. the Egyptians and the Jordanians b. the Arabs and the Jews c. the Syrians and the Jordanians d. the French and the British
9. The Balfour Declaration stated Britain’s support for… a. suspending rights of Arabs living in Palestine. b. the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. c. an independent Arab country in Europe. d. a larger Jewish immigration to Palestine.
10. In 1947, the British government withdrew from Palestine and turned the problem over to… a. France. b. Israel. c. the US. d. the United Nations
Section 2 – complete the chart by adding 2 important details for each section.
Technology Transforms the Desert1.
2. / Mining the Dead Sea
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Encouraging Migration to the Desert
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2. / Economic Activities
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Israel’s Jews
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2. / Israel’s Arab’s
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Palestinian Refuges
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2. / More Conflict
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Struggle for Solution
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2. / Define
Drip irrigation –
Potash -
Section 3
1. What was the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War on Jordan’s economy?
2. What kind of government does Jordan have?
3. When did Lebanon become independent from France?
4. According to the 1932 census, which religious group held the most power in Lebanon?
5. What were two major reasons behind Lebanon’s civil wars?
6. Why did Israel invade Lebanon in 1982?
7. What activity has been carried on for centuries in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo?
8. What are two measures that the Syrian government has taken to enhance farm production in Syria?
9. In what ways has Iraq used its oil profits?
10. From 1980 to 1988, Iraq was engaged in a war with which other Southwest Asian country?
11. What was the outcome of the American and British invasion of Iraq (2003)?
12. A private army of a particular fighting faction.
13. A state of lawlessness, political disorder, and violence
14. An arc of rich land in the Middle East where farming and the first civilizations developed
15. A restriction on trade with other countries
Section 4 – True/False. If false, make it a true statement
1. The Arabian Peninsula has the Rub’ al-Khali or the Empty Quarter is the world’s largest sand desert.
2. The Arabian Peninsula was the world’s largest known petroleum reserves.
3. The falajsystem is the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation.
4. Today most of the people of the Arabian Peninsula have moved to modern, air-conditioned houses and apartments in cities like Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
5. In 1960 Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia joined with Mexico to form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
6. As world demand for oil has increased, so too has OPEC’s power.
7. Some experts believe that Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti oil will last for only another ten to fifteen years.
8. In some countries on the Arabian Peninsula, foreigners outnumber citizens.
9. An infrastructure comprises a country’s basic support facilities, including its roads, schools, airports, seaports, and communication systems.
10. By the early 1980s, Saudi farmers were supplying much of the country’s vegetables and poultry and most of its wheat.
11. There are no public places of entertainment in Saudi Arabia, such as movie theaters or nightclubs because free time is spent with family.
12. In Saudi Arabia custom prohibits women from associating with men outside their immediate family.
13. Each year approximately two million Muslims from all over the world visit Saudi Arabia for the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.
14. Yemen is the richest nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
15. Many farmers in Oman and Yemen depend on an ancient system of underground and surface canals called desalination to carry water from the mountains to the arid villages many miles away.
Section 5
1. The Turks language and culture was not Arab. What kind of language and culture did the Turks have? What religion?
2. What are three changes that Mustafa Kemal brought to Turkey?
3. What are two challenges that face Turkey today?
4. What are two major changes that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi brought to Iran?
5. What are two major social changes that the Khomeini government brought to Iranian society?
6. To what branch of Islam do the majority of the Iranians belong?
7. What is the chief language spoken in Cyprus?
8. Which two groups were involved in the civil war in Cyprus?
9. Define: Secular –
Shah –
Ayatollah -
Unit 6: Central and Southwest Asia ~ Physical Features Study Sheet
A. Landforms:
-SW Asia is the crossroads where Asia, Europe, and Africa meet.
-SW Asia is often referred to as the MIDDLE EAST
-Mountains: the Taurus (Turkey), the Zagros (Iran), the Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan)
- receives most of the region’s precipitation
-Oil: the main oil deposits lie along the shores of the Persian Gulf and in Iraq
B. Bodies of Water***
-1 Ocean: Indian
-8 Seas: the Mediterranean, the Black, the Caspian, the Arabian, the Red, the Sea of Marmara, Aral & the
Aegean
-3 Gulfs: the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, & Gulf of Aden.
-2 Straits: Bosporus & Dardanelles
***BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ON A MAP
-4 major Rivers: the Syr Darya, the Amu Darya, the Tigris & the Euphrates
C. Climates
-A desert climate covers most of SW Asia
- center of the world’s largest arid region
- dry lands extent from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara to western China
D. Vocabulary: Ayatollah, Desalination, Desertification, Embargo, Falaj system, Fertile Crescent, Fundamentalism, Genocide, Shah, and Zionism
E. Maps – Countries of Central and Southwest Asia – 22 countries