7th Grade Social Studies - SW Asia Economics, Geography & Environment
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Literacy Rates
The ability to read and write.
Standard of Living
How comfortable and well people live, based on things like income, housing and access to things like healthcare.
Human Capital
The skills, knowledge, and training of a country’s workforce.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The total value of everything a country produces in a year.
GDP per Capita
The average yearly income per person in a country.
Bartering
Trading without the use of money.
Specialization
When someone or something focuses on doing one thing really well.
Trade Barriers
Rules that make it harder for countries to trade with each other.
Tariff
A fee extra cost added to something from another country.
Quotas
Limits of how much of something that can be brought from another country.
Embargo
A rule that stops all trade between two countries.
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
A group of countries that work together to control how much oil they sell to other countries.
Stable
Not changing too much; staying the same.
The three basic questions governments have to answer
What to produce, How to produce, Who consumes it
Traditional Economy
An economic system based on past customs, traditions, and bartering without using money.
Command Economy
An economic system fully controlled and planned by a central government.
Market Economy
An economic system driven purely by buyer and seller interactions with no government control.
Mixed Economy
An economic system blending market freedom with government regulations.
Israel’s Economy
Mixed economy (70% free) led by technology and agriculture, burdened by defense costs.
Saudi Arabia’s Economy
Mixed economy (64% free) controlled largely by state oil revenue, working to diversify.
Turkey’s Economy
Mixed economy (65% free) with large manufacturing, slowed by complex regulations.
Water Pollution
When harmful things like chemicals or waste gets into rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Turkey’s GAP Dam Project
22 dams increased Turkey’s power and farming, but severely reduced downstream river flow.
Iraq’s Water Scarcity
Upstream dams reduced river flow by 80%, damaging agriculture and drinking supplies.
Israel’s Solution to Water Scarcity
Advanced technology like drip irrigation to maximize crop growth with minimal water.
Jordan’s Water Rationing
Strict government limits that supply piped water to households only a few days per week.
Desert Population Density
Very low population density due to extreme heat and lack of freshwater.
River Population Density
High population density along riverbanks due to freshwater, farming, and transport access.
Desert Transportation
Historically camel caravans; modern transport relies on trucks, cars, and airplanes.
Location of Israel, Gaza, and West Bank
Situated along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Flow from the mountains of Turkey through Syria and Iraq into the Persian Gulf.
Saudi Arabia
Occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
Afghanistan
A landlocked, mountainous nation on the eastern edge of Southwest Asia.
Political Map
Map that show borders and cities.
Physical Maps
Maps that show natural land features.
Currency Exchange
System to trade different types of money, necessary for international business.
Resources
Things that are needed to make or do something like money, time, or materials.
Silk Road
A famous ancient trade route that connected Asia to Europe people treated things like Silk spices and other goods along this route.
Trading Centers
Places where people come together to buy, sell, and exchange goods.
Strait
A narrow path of water that connects two bigger bodies of water.
Canal
A man-made river that helps ships and boats move from one place to another.
Gulf
A big water pocket that is connected to the ocean or a sea, like a bend or a scoop in the land where water goes in.
Sea
A big area of salt water that smaller than an ocean, it's like a lake that is connected to an ocean.
River
A long winding water path that flows across the land. It starts in a high place like a mountain, and goes down to a lower place like a lake or an ocean.
Citizen
A person who legally belongs to a country and has rights and responsibilities there.
Government
The group of people who are in charge of running a country.
Parliament Democracy
A type of government where people vote for a group of representatives (parliament), and this group chooses the leader of the country (Prime Minister).
Parliament
A group people chosen by citizens to make laws and decisions for the country.
Autocratic Monarchy
A type of government where one person, usually a king or queen, has almost all the power and makes most decisions.
Monarchy
A government ruled by a king, queen, or a royal family.
Lineage
The line of a family members that someone comes from, like their ancestors.
Royal Family
The family of kings, queens, princes, and princesses.
Democratic
A type of government where people have the power to vote and choose their leaders.
Congress
A group of people in some countries, like the United States, who makes laws.
Representatives
People chosen by citizens to speak or make decisions for them in government.
The type of government Israel has.
Parliamentary Democracy
The type of government Saudi Arabia has.
Autocratic Monarchy
The type of government Turkey has.
Presidential Democracy
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Suez Canal
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Red Sea
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Jordan River
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Euphrates River
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Tigris River
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Persian Gulf
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Strait of Hormuz
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Arabian Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Israel
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Egypt
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Yemen
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Saudi Arbia
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Kuwait
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Qatar
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United Arab Emirates
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Oman
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Turkey
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Syria
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Iraq
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Iran
