By what name is the large peninsula of turkey, located wholly in asia, known?

Chapter 7: North Africa and Southwest Asia

what name is the region of Southeast Asia and North

Africa most commonly known? Why? Whose

perspective is this from?

What countries comprise the Maghreb of Southwest

Asia/North Africa?

By what name is the large peninsula of Turkey,

located wholly in Asia, known?

By what name is the eastern Mediterranean region of

Southwest Asia and North Africa known?

List the environmental problems facing North

Africa/Southwest Asia

Which animal is most to blame for the loss of forests

in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Which of the following resources presents the

greatest challenge for survival in Southwest Asia and

North Africa?

What is the oldest environmental problem in

Southwest Asia and North Africa?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is

most likely to experience earthquakes?

What is a "qanat"?

In which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

is the Aswan High Dam located?

What is the chief problem associated with the use of

groundwater in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

What type of subsistence agriculture depends on the

seasonal movement of livestock for their livelihood?

What is kibbutz? Where is this found?

List countries located in the Fertile Crescent

Which two bodies of water mark the traditional

boundaries of Mesopotamia?

How is Saudi Arabia expanding its farm acreage?

What does “domestication” mean?

How did domestication take place in the region?

What happened first…what crop, animal, etc…when

What is "dryland" agriculture? Which countries

would this be most common?

Where is the Nile delta?

Where do most of Egypt’s population live, in terms

of the Nile?

What is the approximate population of Southwest

Asia and North Africa?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has the highest total fertility rate?

What countries have TFR lower than 3?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has the highest population density?

What part of Southwest Asia and North Africa is the

least densely populated?

What is physiological density?

What is the dominant factor in the location of the

population settlements in North Africa and Southwest

Asia?

What is brain drain? Why is it a problem in this

region?

Where are people migrating to in this region? Know

specific countries.

Know general migration patterns in the region…

Why are people moving out of this region…main

reason…secondary reasons

What country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has seen hundreds of thousands of its people leave

the country since 2003?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is

the most highly urbanized?

Which city in Southwest Asia and North Africa

contains the Dome of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque,

and the Western Wall? Be able to identify which

sacred site corresponds to which religion.

What is a medina?

Which group of people was displaced by the creation

of Israel?

Why is the region of Southwest Asia and North

Africa considered a culture hearth?

Which ethnic group of Southwest Asia and North

Africa is an example of a nation without a state?

What religions arose in this region?

In what year did Islam originate in the region of

North Africa and Southwest Asia?

What religion has had the greatest impact on urban

function and design in Southwest Asia and North

Africa?

What religion was the first monotheistic religion of

Southwest Asia and North Africa?

You would be most likely to see a Shiite Muslim in

which country?

What is the Hajj?

What country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is

officially an Islamic theocracy?

Which country in Southwest Asia and North Africa

has taken steps to join the European Union?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

was a victim of Iraq's environmental warfare during

the first Gulf War in 1991?

What is the definition of "hydropolitics"?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is

experiencing tension between Sunni and Shi'a

Muslims?

How far did the Ottoman Empire Expand?

Which country of North Africa and Southwest Asia

has been a source of conflict between Greece and

Turkey?

What major event led to European colonialism in

Southwest Asia?

Which European country took the early lead in

colonizing North Africa?

In which part of Israel has some land been returned to

Palestinian control, but new Israeli settlements have

also been allowed?

By what name was Iran historically known?

What was the last country in Southwest Asia and

North Africa to regain its independence after

decolonization?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has the most diversified economy, and is not reliant

on oil?

What is the name of the organization established by

seventeen members of the Arab League in 2005 to

eliminate trade barriers in the region?

What percent of the world’s oil supply does Saudi

Arabia have?

What does the acronym OPEC stand for? Who are

its members?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is

the poorest on the Arabian Peninsula?

In which Middle Eastern conflict have there been

accusations that water has been used as a "weapon of

control"?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has implemented the Badia Project, which is

designed to keep its mobile Bedouin population

viable and free?

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa

has drawn filmmakers for more than a century?

How is the Islamic Financial Services sector different

from traditional international banking system?

Which new energy source is being developed for

export in North Africa and the Middle East?