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Another name for the middle east

Southwest Asia

90% of the middle east population are

Muslim

Sunni

Believe any person can lead the religion

Shiite

believe only a relative of Mohammed can lead

How many Muslim in the world

1 billion

Too be an Arab country, people must speak

Arabic

Country that tries to overthrow a dictator is called

Arab Spring

Country on the Anatolia peninsula

Turkey

66% of the Middle East

Desert

Reason middle east is mostly desert

Mountains

South part of the Arabian desert

Rub Al Khali

Rub al-Khali means

Empty quarter

Type of desert in Iran are

Salt desert

Iran was originally converted by

lake

\#1 problem in the middle east

Fresh water

Area of the middle east that is farmable

Fertile Crescent

2 rivers in Iraq

Tigris and Euphrates

Means land between 2 rivers

Mesopotamia

Mohammed was born in

Mecca

Mohammed prayed in

caves

Gabriel told Mohammed

he was a prophet

One god is called

Allah

Muhammad fled Mecca for a northern city

Medina

Persian Gulf is also called

Arabian Gulf

Before oil,

Pearls was the main economy

First country to discover oil was

Iraq

Arab countries control

40% of proven supply

80% of the Arabian peninsula

Saudi

1st people of Arabian

Bedouins

1st Islamic faith

Islamic Faith has no God but Allah Mohammed a prophet

2nd Islamic faith

Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca

3rd Islamic Faith

giving to the poor

4th Islamic Faith

Fasting from sunrise for sunset for a month

5th Islamic Faith

Pilgrimage called a Haji

Black building is the

Kaaba

Muslim believe the Kaaba

temple

Muslim bible

Koran

Holy war

Johan

Theocracy

Government run by religious leader

Sharia Laws

Using Koran for the laws

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEC countries

13 countries

OPEC Goals

Keep price stable

OPEC gallon per barrel

48

Saudi Arabia has

no rivers

Saudi Arabia 95%

desert

Arabia was controlled by

Ottoman empire

After WWI, Saud family

Gained control

Saudi produce

11 million barrel per day

Us buys

365,000 barrel a day

Kuwait oil was discovered by

Company owned by George Bush

First Persian Gulf War

1991

Iraq invaded

Kuwait

Us international military attacked

Operation Desert Storm

Drove Iraq leader

Hussein out of Kuwait

Hussein set

750 oils wells on fire

Archipelago

33 islands

Bahrain got independence

from England

Oman fish

main income

Frankincense

Perfume

Yemen

One of the poorest in Asia

Yemen main crop

Corn

Qatar is

Peninsula

Qatar is

the richest countries in the world

United Arab Emirates main city

Dhabi

United Arab Emirates has

7 territories united 1971

Turkey is

Anatolia Peninsula

Turkey 3% and 97%

Europe and Asia

Turkey known for

Earthquakes

Turk migrated to

Anatolia from central Asia

Turk conquered

Constantinople

Turk rename Constantinople

Istanbul

Istanbul has

Europe largest city

Mustafa Kemal

Father of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal made turkey

a modern country

Main part of turkey economy

Automobile

Muslim changed Israel to

Palestine

Zionism

Movement for Jews to return to the holy land

United Nation

divvied Israel between Jews and Muslim

Six-Day War

1967

Six-Day War results

Jew won the war and reclaimed

Sinai Peninsula

Egypt

West bank

Jordan

Golan heights

Syria

Gaza Strip

Palestinian

Palestine Liberation Organization

PLO

PLO chairman

Yasser Arafat

Arafat used

Terrorism to drive out Jews

Jerusalem is divided into

4 quarters

Jew believe

Abraham took Isaac to be sacrificed

Temple mount sacred to Muslim because

Mohammed ascent to heaven

Israel water currently comes from

Desalination

Israel water comes from the

Mediterranean sea

Syria capital

Damascus

Syria river

Euphrates

Bashar al-Assad

Ruled Syria as president since 2000

Bashar used

Chemical weapons: Sarin

Iraq

40% desert and 30% mountain

Iraq majority is

Shiite

Saddam Hussein

Sunni Muslim