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chap18 southwestasia
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What two areas in Israel are a source of conflict between Jews and Palestinians? | west bank and Gaza strip |
| almost 100 percent of turkey people are | Muslims |
| From 1975 to 1991, a civil war almost destroyed the economy of | Lebanon |
| Syria’s main export is | oil |
| In Jordan, small amounts of irrigated farmland lie in the | Jordan river valley |
| About 20 percent of Israel’s people are Arabs called | Palestinians |
| When did Israel become an independent republic? | 1948 |
| About 80 percent of Israel’s people are | Jews |
| In Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo is the | largest manufacturing |
| Saudi Arabia’s land is covered by vast | deserts |
| The economy of most countries of the Arabian Peninsula is based on | oil |
| The monarchy in Saudi Arabia is ruled by | the saud family |
| The only country of the Arabian Peninsula that does not have large deposits of oil is | Yemen |
| The people of the Persian Gulf states have | high standard of living |
| In what nation is the Khyber Pass located | Afghanistan |
| The Persian Gulf War of 1991 began after Iraq invaded | Kuwait |
| Iran is the world’s leading producer of | oil |
| What is the capital of Afghanistan | Kabul |
| In Iran, the majority of people are descendants of | percian |
| What city in Southwest Asian city has land in both Asia and Europe? | Istanbul |
| What percentage of Israel’s population lives in urban areas? | 90 |
| Who are the nomadic desert people of Syria that follow traditional ways of life? | Bedouins |
| The largest desert in Saudi Arabia is the | rub AL khaki |
| The Hindu Kush covers most of | Afghanistan |
| Led by Kemal Atatürk, Turkey became | modernized |
| The most industrialized country in Southwest Asia is | isreal |
| The Law of Return brought an increase in Israel’s | population |
| Istanbul was once called | Constantinople |
| What body of water in Southwest Asia is the saltiest and lowest in the world? | dead sea |
| What kind of climate is found in southern Israel? | hot,dry |
| After a series of wars from 1948 to 1974, Israel | won |
| Damascus was founded more than 4,000 years ago as a | trading center |
| What is the large plateau in central Turkey called | anotolic |
| The second-largest group of people in Iraq are | kurds |
| Who preserved the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans? | Muslim scholars |
| What European country once colonized Syria and Lebanon? | France |
| The desert in southern Israel is the | Negev |
| What were the European Jews that settled in Palestine in the late 1800s called? | zionists |
| What is the important strategic point at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula called? | strait of hormuz |
| Israel’s major agricultural export is | citrus fruit |
| The people of what ethnic group in Turkey and Iraq would like to form their own nation | kurds |
| What country fought a long, costly war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s? | Afghanistan |
| How does OPEC affect your life? | controls cost of oil |
| How could a dam on the Euphrates River cause a conflict among Turkey, Syria, and Iraq? | blocks water |
| How has Istanbul’s location made it a trading center? | cross-roads |
| What is the major disagreement between Israel and the Palestinians | land |
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