Middle East and North Africa
Geography 120 with Emmett at Brigham Young University
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By: jaymie fung
Textbook:
Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (3rd Edition)
Created: 2011-03-17
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Domestication
Plants and animals purposely selected and bred for their desirable characteristics.
Exotic Rivers
rivers that run form humid areas to dry areas. resources utilized for irrigated farming, rivers that flow through deserts
Example: Israel gets water from the Jordan and Nile River
Example: Israel gets water from the Jordan and Nile River
Fertile Crescent
Area in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates River that was historically very fertile
It is in Modern Iraq
It is in Modern Iraq
Fossil Water
water supply stored underground during earlier/wetter climatic periods
Southern Libya gets underground water and uses it to make North African desert more agricultural
Southern Libya gets underground water and uses it to make North African desert more agricultural
hajj
pilgrimage for Muslims to the sacred city of Mecca
Islam
means submission, as in submitting to God. Adherents to Islam are called Muslims
Turkey
Peace Pipeline still needs to be completed. They want to join the EU but needs better human rights for the Kurds, the Ataturk Dam has canals that are in Turkey
Kurds
ethnic group, nation of people split by political boundaries, forbidden language, refuge in the mountains
Johnston's Unified Plan
Divided up all the water between Jordan, Syria, and Israel
Kibbutz
Jewish communal farms - allong the Jordan River
Monotheism
belief in one God
Shiite
Sect of Islam, in clash with sunni muslims, believe leader should be descendant of Muhammad (RLDS)
Where are the Shiite mostly located
Iran
Sunni
Main sect of Islam, in clash with Shiite Muslims
Shiite reasoning
Prophet should be direct descendant
Shatterbelt
a region that is prone to frequent invasions
Why is the middle east being fought over?
Tri-continental junction
important for trade and strategic control
important for trade and strategic control
Where are the head waters of Euphrates?
Turkey
Where does the Euphrates flow through
Syria and Iraq
What border does the Jordan river sit on?
Jordan and Israel
Where is the Banias Spring located?
Israel
Where is the Dan Spring located?
Israel
Where is the Hasbani Spring located?
Lebanon
Who is fighting over the Yarmuk River?
Syria and Jordan
Where does the Jordan River System run to?
The Red Sea
Who is fighting over aquifers?
Syria and Israel
Which direction does the Nile flow?
North but downhill
Which of the Middle Eastern Rivers are exotic?
Nile - flows from southern sudan through the desert in mid-sudan and then to the desert region near Cairo
Tigris and Euphrates - flows from humid regions of Turkey through to desert regions of Iraq
Tigris and Euphrates - flows from humid regions of Turkey through to desert regions of Iraq
What river is the Aswan Dam on?
Nile and it is in Egypt
What are the benefits of the Aswan Dam?
Hydroelectric power
less susceptible to drought
stores H20
Controls floods
Irrigation
less susceptible to drought
stores H20
Controls floods
Irrigation
What are the negatives of the Aswan dam
the flood means it is more difficult to grow crops
There is a raise in schistosomaisis down stream
Loss of antiquities
There is a raise in schistosomaisis down stream
Loss of antiquities
What do the mountains do?
They isolate people which causes linguistic diversity
It preserves cultures and religions
It preserves cultures and religions
Kurds
Largest non-state nation in the world
Often fight for independence
Hidden in the Zagros mountains in turkey
Often fight for independence
Hidden in the Zagros mountains in turkey
Berbers
Hidden in the atlas mountains
Maronites
Lebanon - Christian
Druze
Islamic - Shia
Hidden in Lebanon
Hidden in Lebanon
Breakdown of Iraq
North - Kurds
Western - Sunni
Eastern/Bottom - Shia
Western - Sunni
Eastern/Bottom - Shia
Judaism - 3 sections
Ethiopian
Sephardic
Ashkenazi
Sephardic
Ashkenazi
Ethiopian
Africa
Sephardic
Asia/Middle East
Ashkenazi
European
Secular
the ones with the bloodline
People to mass convert to Christianity
Armenians
Why does everyone want to control the holy land?
because it is an intersection and major trade route
McMann - Hussein correspondence
British promised Palestinians Arab state if they would fight the Turks with them
Balfour Declaration
British promised a Jewish State
Sykes - Picot Agreement
Brith promised to share with France
1937 Palestine Royal Commission Partition Plan
Second to last one
1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
Arabs wouldn't agree, they should have. They said no they wanted all of it, but now they have very little
Judaization
Mixing of Arabs and Jews to hold on to territory
About this deck
By: jaymie fung
Textbook: Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (3rd Edition)
Created: 2011-03-17
Size: 50 flashcards
Views: 21
Textbook:
Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (3rd Edition)Created: 2011-03-17
Size: 50 flashcards
Views: 21
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