RoughRider Middle East
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| What most influenced settlement patterns | Water
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| Who has built a network of dams and irrigation ditches on the Tigris and Euphrates | Turkey
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| The Middle East and North Africa is a __ region. | Perceptual
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| The Middle East and North Africa is considered a single region because | They share a common religion and language.
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| What caused large scale migration from the Middle East? | Drought, disease, famine, and political instability
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| People who have left the area near the Sahara Desert to migrate to the | Mediterranean Sea area
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| The spread of democracy to the Middle East has caused | Conflict within the area
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| The West considered the move to democracy as a | Good thing
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| Public policy and decision-making can be influenced by | Cultural beliefs such as nationalism and patriotism
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| What factors have forced the Middle East and North Africa to adjust the way land is used? | Population growth, overuse of the land, and water resources
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| City location is determined by | Water sources, climate, and transportation
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| What technology has allowed this area to survive extreme drought and provides fresh drinking water? | Desalination
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| How is Syria similar to the United States | democracy, 3 branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial), president and legislators serve a limited term and both are elected by the people
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| How is Syria different from the United States | use military force to control political opposition, president has a 7 year term, legislators have a 4 year term
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| What connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea? | Suez Canal
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| Why is Israel very ethnically diverse? | people have immigrated to Israel from all over the world
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| What do the religious groups in the Middle East oppose about the west? Why? | style of dress and music; protect cultural values
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| Oil-rich nations use the amount of oil production to | control the price of the oil. This, in turn, influences the policies of the oil-dependent nations who need the oil.
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| Five characteristics of Judaism are | one God that was revealed on Mr. Sinai, 10 commandments were given by God, the Torah is the most important document, Messiah has not yet come, and the Sabbath is for prayer, rest, study, and family feasting
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| Judaism's most important book is the | Torah
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| Islam's most important book is the | Qur'an
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| Diffusion | spreading out; clutural diffusion is the spreading out of culture from a central point
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| Push Factors | things that cause a person to want to LEAVE a place
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| Pull Factors | things that cause a person to want to COME to a place
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| characteristics of Arabic culture are | Arabic language, Islam, care for the poor, family loyality, food
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| How are the women of the West different from the women of the Middle East? | The women of the Middle East have fewer political and social rights than the men. This creates conflict between the Middle East and the West
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| What are the causes of the conflict between Palestine and Israel? | water aquifers, Jerusalem, and Jewish settlements
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| Most Egyptions live on about what percent of the land? | 3% because much of Egypt is desert
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| Where is most of the farming done in the Middle East? | in the Western part of the Mediterranean Sea area. Most people live here.
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| Where in the Middle East do the nomadic people live? | arid and semi-arid areas
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