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4th Six weeks Review: (Chapter 15 & Chapter 16 & notes)
1. Southwest Asia (North Africa and the Middle East) is the birth place of three major religions
(list them in order of which came first)
a. Judaism
b. Christianity
c. Islam
2. Name and describe the Five Pillars of Islam – the main religious duties of Muslims
a. Statement of Faith
b. Praying 5 times a day
c. Giving to the poor – alms tithing
d. Fasting during Ramadan
e. Making a pilgrimage to Mecca – the Hajj
3. Holy Building and book for the three major religions
a. Christians = worship building: Church holy book: Bible
b. Jews = worship building: Synagogue holy book: TANAKH
c. Muslim = worship building: Mosque holy book: Koran
4. Three major rivers of the Middle East and North Africa
a. Tigris in Iraq
b. Euphrates in Iraq
c. Nile in Egypt
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5. Overgrazing of sheep leads to Desertification
6. Examples of Religious holidays and what they are for
a. Christianity – Christmas – the birth of Christ
b. Islam – Ramadan – a period of fasting
c. Judaism – Rosh Hashana – the new year
7. Deserts are the most common landforms in North Africa and the Middle East
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8. During the Ottoman Empire the caliph contributed to the growth of the empire in the
following two ways: building trade networks and Conquest
9. Rivers flooding and bringing rich alluvial soil for farming are one of the reasons civilization
started in the Mesopotamia. List the other three reasons:
a. Rivers provide fresh water
b. The Mediterranean Sea brings a mild climate to lands at its edge
c. The seas and rivers affer access to trade
10. Define Nomads – people that move from place to place in search of resources to survive
a. Where could they be found? The deserts
b. What do their homes look like? Tents with Persian rugs along the walls
11. The clothing in the region is an adaptation to the environment which is desert
12. Hammurabi created the first set of written laws in Mesopotamia (the fertile crescent
where civilization was born)
13. In Palestine Jews and Arabs fight over control of the land
14. The event brought the end of the Ottoman Empire World War 1
15. How the Allies divided the Ottoman Empire: Randomly by Geography
16. Mustafa Kemal made changes in the Ottoman Empire like allowing women to vote and hold
government office, replaced religious schools with secular schools, making people use last
names, and changing the country’s name to Turkey
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17. Exodus means to leave one’s country
18. Immigration mean to move to a new country to live
19. Oil is a nonrenewable natural resource and has been a factor in Middle East conflicts.
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20. Give the definition and an example for the following:
a. primary product - a product harvest from the earth like cotton
b. secondary product - a product that is made from a primary product like petrochemicals
21. What is the law of return and why was it needed?
a. The law that permitted Jewish people to immigrate to Israel from anywhere in the world
and secure citizenship there.
b. They were being persecuted in other countries
22. What are the 2 main sects of Islam and what are some of their differences?
a. Shi’ites – accept religious leaders as government leaders and believe that leaders should
be chosen from the descendants of the phrophet’s family
b. Sunnis – tend to accept non-religious people as government leaders and select their
religious leaders from scholars.
23. The Aswan High Dam has helped Egypt by controlling flooding, providing electricity for the
cities, and creating a fishing industry, allows farmers to grow crops year round
But has hurt the region by forcing farmers to buy and use artificial fertilizers on their crops
which pollutes the water.
24. Most people in Egypt live along the Nile River
Why? Living in the desert it is important to have access to fresh water
25. The two countries having the greatest oil reserves are Saudi Arabia and Iran
26. The main product of North Africa and Southwest Asia is oil
27. When OPEC reduces oil production making it scarce, the price of oil increases or goes up.
28. Define GDP Gross Domestic Product – the amount of money made through the sale of goods
and services in a country for a year.
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29. Define unemployment – not being able to find a job although you are looking
30. He was the Leader of the Soviet Union during and after WW2 Joseph Stalin
31. The two other names for the Soviet Union were Russia and the USSR.
32. Material like slogans, posters and music used by the Soviet Union to create a strong
identity, and spread certain beliefs was called propaganda
33. The Iron Curtain was an invisible wall that divided Western and Eastern Europe.
34. A period of noncooperation between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries was called the
Cold War
35.NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization