MENA

Question 1

Type of climate

Answer 1

desert, has created a lack of water

Question 2

Population distribution

Answer 2

people live where the water is

Question 3

Water sources

Answer 3

Fossil water (aquifers)

Question 4

Desaltinization

Answer 4

The removal of salt from water (expensive)

Question 5

Dead sea

Answer 5

1. Lowest point of dry surface of Earth
2. Really salty and can not sink
3. Nothing can live in their

Question 6

Mesopotamia

Answer 6

Tigres and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq

1. fertile crescent
2. First recorded civilization

Question 7

Ottoman Empire

Answer 7

1. Last great muslim empire
2. Collapsed after defeat in WW1.
3. signifigant population in Eastern Europe

Question 8

Division within religions

Answer 8

1. Jews formed early christians
2. Luthers goal created protestants
3. After Muhummad died (born in Mecca), sunni thought next leader should be chosen by merit and Shia thought by blood.

Question 9

Judaism

Answer 9

1. Monotheistic
2. Established in Israel
3. Hebrew Bible, Torah
4. Synagogues

Question 10

Christianity

Answer 10

1. Followers of Jesus Christ
2. books, New Testament
3. churches

Question 11

Islam

Answer 11

1. Began on Arabian peninsula (Mecca)
2. Dominates middle east and north Africa
3. Qur’an- Islamic holy book
4. Mosques- houses of public worship

Question 12

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 12

1. Pilgrimage to Mecca
2. Prayer- 5 times a day facing Mecca
3. Faith- must testify faith
4. Charity
5. Fasting- Holy month of Ramadan

Question 13

Jerusalem’s signifigance

Answer 13

1. Jews- Western Wall (remaining wall of second temple)
2. Muslim- dome of rock (where Muhummad went to heaven)
3. Christians- Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus was crucified and buried)

Question 14

Zionism

Answer 14

• Aimed at creating a Jewish state in Palestine

- Early 20th Century, many European Jews began immigrating to Palestine

Question 15

Theocracy

Answer 15

Country governed by religious law

Question 16

OPEC

Answer 16

Influence oil prices by controlling supply. By reducing or increasing oil production, OPEC can affect the countries of many countries.

Question 17

Poverty of Dignity

Answer 17

idk

Question 18

Oil Paradox

Answer 18

1. lack of democratic institutions (no oversight to see where $ is going)
2. Government corrupt

Question 19

What has Dubai done to escape the oil paradox

Answer 19

Dubai focused on..

1. Real estate- Giant building and islands
2. Retail- 2 biggest shopping centers in the world
3. Education
4. Financial building
5. shipping- large port

Question 20

corruption

Answer 20

dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Question 21

Bashir Al- Assad

Answer 21

1. Secular dictator
2. Was a minority sect, ruling over majority sect
3. Fighting a 5 year civil war
4. Ruler of Syria

Question 22

Saddam Hussein

Answer 22

1. Ruler of Iraq
2. Secular Dictator
3. Was member of minority group ruling over majority grou

Question 23

Muammar Gaddafi

Answer 23

1. Leader of Libya

2. Secular dictator

Question 24

Hezbollah

Answer 24

1. Targets the state of Isreal
2. Shia musslim terrorist group
3. controls the southern part of Lebanon

Question 25

Al- Qaeda

Answer 25

- Responsible for 9-11 attacks | - Started by Osama Bin Laden

Question 26

Isis

Answer 26

- Sunni Arab terrorist group - Goal is to create a caliphate (Islamic state ruled by successor of Muhummad) - wants to impose a strict islamic law over the people they control

Question 27

Hamas

Answer 27

- Sunni Arab terrorist group - Targets the state of Israel - Won elections in 2006 in Gaza strip for local control

Question 28

Taliban

Answer 28

- Controls large parts of Afghanistan - Protected by Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda after 9-11 attacks - wants to impose strict Islamic law on the people they control

Question 29

Israeli- Palestinian Conflict

Answer 29

2 groups fighting over the same land

Question 30

West bank, Gaza strip

Answer 30

Where the Palestinians live

Question 31

Settlers

Answer 31

Jewish people who have been aprroved by the gov to go live in the West Bank

Question 32

West bank wall/ barrier

Answer 32

Shield against suicide bombers from palestinians, making P's lives harder bc it is harder for them to get to work and other places

Question 33

Two state solution

Answer 33

create Israel and Palestine

Question 34

One state solution

Answer 34

equal citizenship | - Make Israel choose between Jewish of democracy

Question 35

9/11 rivers of rage

Answer 35

1. anger at the US for supporting Israel and dictators 2. anger that the arab muslim world has fallen behind 3. anger at their own gov (want democracy)

Question 36

How do these rivers relate to the Arab Spring and ISIS

Answer 36

People standing up for what they want, no matter the circumstances

Question 37

Arab Spring

Answer 37

A series of anti-gov uprisings effecting Arab countries by North Africa and the middle east.

Question 38

Different outcomes of Arab Springs

Answer 38

1. Egypt had first round of free election | 2. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen

Question 39

Why dif outcomes between tribes with flags and real countries

Answer 39

Real countries - value their country over religion - they are more modern - have controlled democracies

Question 40

5 years later: struggle between whom

Answer 40

Democracy v. Theocracy | Religious vs. Sectorilism