Geography

Zagros Mountains

Western Iran

Tigris and Euphrates

run parallel to each other through Southwest Asia

Dead Sea

salt lake located in Southwest Asia

Significant resources in Southwest Asia

oil, petroleum, water resources

what do landforms of Southwest Asia range from?

green coastal plains to snow- peaked mountains

Wadis

riverbeds, dry except in the rainy seasons

The Anatolian Peninsula

landform which is occupied by Turkey

Southwest Asia land bridge

Asia, Africa, and Europe

Arabian Peninsula is between which bodies of water?

Red Sea and the Persian Gulf

The an-Nafud

next desert over from the Rub-Al-Khali

Rub al-Khali

empty quarter- vast desert

Southwest Asia land

arid

Deserts effect on Southwest Asia

reduces travel time, limits human- environment interaction

Oasis

vegetation is found because water is plentiful

Sal flat

wind evaporates the moisture in the soil and a chemical salt remains

semiarid areas in Southwest Asia

edges of the desert

crops grown in semiarid regions

cotton and wheat

Dasht-e Lut

the salt desert in eastern Iran

heavily populated area in Southwest Asia

coastlands

Isreal

National Water Carrier Project is being led out here

drip irrigation

small pipes drip water just above the ground

fossil water

water pumped from underground aquifers

oil spills

makes oil transportation risky

freshwater supplies in Southwest Asia

small and inconsistent amounts

farmers way of attempting demand of freshwater supplies

using dams and irrigation systems

Desalinization

removal of salt from ocean water

Afghanistan

the Northeast

Kuwait

Arabian Peninsula

Turkey

the Northeast

Syria

The eastern Mediterranean

Lebanon

The eastern Mediterranean

Iran

The Northeast

Iraq

The Northeast

Israel

The eastern Mediterranean

Qatar

Arabian Peninsula

Yemen

Arabian Peninsula

Saudi Arabia

Arabian Peninsula

Jordan

The Eastern Mediterranean

OPEC

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

use of camels

Not as common today

Arabian Peninsula today

more abundant, greater urbanization, many immigrants

Five pillars of Islamic faith

Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage.

Theocratic

Religious leaders control the government

Arabian Peninsula in 1932

became one country- Saudi Arabia

principle resource in Arabian Peninsula

oil

prayer

important part of life

Ramadan

Month of fasting

Arabian Peninsula location

intersection of Asia, Africa, And Europe

Muhammad

Founder of Islam

Mecca

Where Muhammad lives

purpose of OPEC

controlling worldwide oil prices

modern dining experience in Eastern Med.

remains traditional

Culture in northeast Southwest Asia

Arabic

Turks, Kurds, Persians, Assyrians

ethnic groups that live in northeast Southwest Asia

Sunni

83% of Muslims

The Shi'ite

most Iranians

Jerusalem

Capital of Israel

Jerusalem is important to Christians because..

location of crucifixion of Jesus

Jerusalem is important to Jews because..

center of homeland and temple

Jerusalem is important to Muslims because...

third most holy city

Zionism

A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine

what did many Arab nations do after WWII to prevent settlements in parts of Eastern Med?

invade israel

challenges for Eastern Mediterranean economy today

refugees are still scattered

Ottoman Empire

Muslim empire based in Turkey .

how long did the Ottoman empire last?

1590-1922

The Taliban

fundamentalist Muslim political group

Operation Enduring Freedom

destroy terrorist organization

stateless nation

a nation of people without a land to legally occupy

Kurds

resisted control in surrounding areas, example of stateless nation

West Bank

Strip of land along the Jordan River

Strategic commodity

a resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply

Palestinians

Arabs who have been displaced from Palestine

Gaza Strip

an area along the Mediterranean Sea

human resources

skills and talents of people

Turkeys economy progress

developing water resources

Iran's economy progress

a more stable government

What has a major impact on the progress of the economies in northeast Southwest Asia?

war and political unrest

the oil boom

set off rapid urbanization

Guest workers

unskilled laborers

resources found in South Asia

water, forests, minerals

monsoon

A seasonal wind

cyclone

a violent storm

approximate population of South Asia

one billion

major river that flows through Pakistan

Indus

major river that flows through northern India

Ganges

the parallel mountain range that creates a barrier between India and China

Himalayas

the mountain range that lies at the west end of the Himalayas

Hindu Kush

how did the plateaus in South Asia form

the collision of tectonic plates

Climate Zones

the highlands: coldest

The tropical wet zone

west and east India and Bangladesh

The Desert Zone

the lower Indus Valley

The lower elevations

Nepal, Bhutan, northern India

the Semiarid zone

western plain, Deccan Plateau

Vegetation regions

tropical wet: most of the forest

Subtropical

Oak. chestnut, palm

semiarid

les vegetation

Highland

pine and evergreen forests

Ganges River is important to the people of India because..

drinking, farming, transportation, sacred, and spiritual meaning

major pollutants of the Ganges

raw sewage, industrial waste, human corpses

how many people live around the Ganges

350 million people