Review for 1st Semester Final Exam
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| Countries around this body of water are known for their large stores of oil | Persian Gulf
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| Mecca is the holy city for this religion | Islam
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| Most abundant resource in the Middle East | oil
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| the founder of Christianity | Jesus
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| Islamic terrorist organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US | alQaeda
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| oil-producing country north of Saudi Arabia where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are found | Iraq
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| most pressing issue facing the Middle East in terms of water supply | scarcity
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| artificial watering of land, especially for farming | irrigation
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| country bordered by the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | Turkey
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| Saudi Arabia has a harsh climate but is using this process to solve its water problems | desalination
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| The area where early civilizations began around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | Fertile Crescent
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| two resources that are vital to the future of the Middle East are water and these | fossil fuels
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| the waterway created for trade that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | Suez Canal
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| the Middle Eastern country that is the world's leading oil producer | Saudi Arabia
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| Country that, along with France, gained control of the Ottoman Empire lands at the end of WWI | Great Britain
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| mountainous country east of Iran where the US is sending troops | Afghanistan
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| a movement in response to anti-Semitism that called for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine | Zionism
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| a country downstream from Turkey that is concerned about losing water resources due to the dam project | Syria
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| the Old Testament is basically the same as the holy book for this religion | Judaism
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| the Arab-Israeli Wars concerned this group of people reclaiming their homeland from Palestinian Arabs | Jews
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| differences between Sunnis and Shi'ites are over who should be the ___ of the religion and government | leader
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| Saddam Hussein invaded this country in the Persian Gulf War | Kuwait
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| an economy that has some private enterprise and government control | mixed economy
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| the government makes all decisions in this type of economy | command economy
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| the US and Israel have this type of economy | mixed market
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| type of government where a wealthy family or military group has power | oligarchy
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| this is made up of 12 oil-rich nations that control world oil prices and supply | OPEC
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| if a resource is scarce, the price will usually ___ | rise
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| Israel's government is this type of democracy because the legislature chooses the Prime Minister | Parliamentary
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| Saudi Arabia's government which is headed by a king | monarchy
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| another name for a business owner | entrepreneur
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| trade barrier where one country refuses to trade with another country | embargo
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| investments in education are investments in ____ resources | human (or human capital)
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| type of democracy where voters choose legislative and executive branch | presidential
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| total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year | GDP
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| under Saddam Hussein, Iraq's type of governemnt was a(n) ___ | autocracy
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| system of govt. where the central government controls most government functions and has the power | unitary system
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| government ruled by a religious leader or group | theocracy
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| capital investments in transportation, also known as ____, help a country grow its GDP | infrastructure
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| a tax on imported goods that helps protect a country's businesses | tariff
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| the type of government where one person has the power | autocracy
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| the Ayatollah, or Supreme Leader, is the leader of this Middle Eastern country | Iran
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| the conflict caused by a mountainous ethnic group's desire for their own state | Kurdish Conflict
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