Middle East Unit Test
Study Guide
Test Date: Tuesday, 12/08/15
Resources to use:
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All graphic organizers used throughout the unit
Middle East Personal Dictionary (*completed dictionary will be due for a grade on the day of test)
All notes (Cornell & Power) used throughout the unit
Textbook would be helpful: Middle East/Southwest Asia chapters
Ms. Fenton’s blog is a great tool for studying (PPoints)
People, places, and vocabulary to know and explain significance:
Places:
Oasis
Mesopotamia
Sahara Desert
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Sinai Peninsula
Fertile Crescent
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Jordan River
Rub’ Al Khali
Gulf of Oman
Canaan
Zion
Dome of the Rock
Constantinople
Istanbul
Mecca
Medina
Iraq
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Jerusalem
Palestine
West Bank & Gaza Strip
Kuwait
Southern Iraq
Dubai
Anatolia/Turkey
Afghanistan
Egypt
Hagar
Sarah
Ishmael
Isaac
King Solomon
Muslim
Sunni
Shi’ite
OPEC
Kurds
Saddam Hussein
Osama bin Laden
Martyr
Taliban
Hamas
Hezbollah
PLO
The Ottoman Empire
The British Empire
First, Second Temple
diaspora
Zionism
kosher
messiah
hajj
pillar
kabba
mosque
church/cathedral
synagogue
sharia (Islamic law)
Sultan
Muslim calendar
Christian calendar
Judaism
3 types of government systems
Ways citizens participate
Christianity
Ways govts distribute power
Islam
Caliph
theocracy
westernization
unitary
autocratic
Judaism
confederation
oligarchic
fundamentalism
federal
democratic
militant, radical,
secular
monotheism
polytheism
embargo
Types of government:
Three types of economic
Israel, Iran, Saudi
systems: traditional, market,
Arabia, Turkey
command
People:
Bedouin
Hammurabi
Scribe
Babylonians
Byzantine Empire
Abraham
Muhammad
Jesus
Yaweh/Adonai
Important Vocabulary:
Aquifer
Arid
Petroleum
Qanat
Wadi
Desalination
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Qur’an
wailing wall
Torah/Bible/Koran
Exile
The Exodus
Middle East History:
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Fertile Crescent, Ancient Mesopotamia (meaning of Mesopotamia)
What is the importance of river valleys?
Importance of Hammurabi?
How do the achievements of ancient Mesopotamia impact life today? (law codes and
written language)?
Middle Eastern Geography:
1. How does where you live affect how you live?
-landforms/bodies of water
-climate/vegetation
-natural resources (importance of oil)
2. What is the purpose of OPEC?
3. Why is it called the Fertile Crescent?
The Three Religions:
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What are the similarities and differences among the three religions?
Understand how to read a timeline
Know origin of all three religions (time period, place, key founders)
Explain difference of Sunni/Shi’ite. Why the split? What is the
significance/importance of southern Iraq?
5. Explain fundamentalism.
-How does this relate to modern conflicts in the region?
The Ottoman Empire:
1. How did the Ottoman Empire “carve out” the Middle East?
2. After WWI, which European nations controlled most of the region?
Modern Conflicts:
(study your timeline
1. Arab-Israeli conflict (and wars)and historical
-What is the conflict about?
developments timeline)
- Explain Jewish Exodus/diaspora
- Significance of 1948
- What is the PLO? Why was it formed?
- What are the attempts at peace? (Camp David Accords)
2. Persian Gulf Wars-What was the cause/name of the first Gulf War (1991)? What was the result?
- What was the cause/name of the second Gulf War (2003)? What is our role now in the
country?
3. Afghanistan-What was the reason for our (USA) involvement in Afghanistan?
4. War on terror- September 11, 2001
5. Operation New Dawn
Middle Eastern governments:
3 types of government systems
What are the ways citizens participate? Know the types
How do governments distribute power? Know the types
Know types of government for specific countries: Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
(study your government matrix)
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