Middle East and North Africa Study Guide



Middle East and North Africa Study Guide People live where it’s the easiest to live. What are some reasons that people choose to live near rivers?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers important to this region?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What are some environmental issues that the Middle East is facing today?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How is agriculture in the region affected?Why would it be important to build a dam on rivers in the Middle East?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why is the population of the Sahara desert lower than in the Egyptian Nile River Delta?_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________What are some reasons that dams could be harmful to the land?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why was the Suez Canal built? __________________________________________________________________Why do the people of the Sahara desert raise goats and camels instead of farming? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why are oil and water the two most important resources in the Middle East? ______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________If a country put an embargo on oil, what are they doing?______________________________________________What does that do to the price of oil? ____________________________________________________________What does it mean when a country has a tariff on oil? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is a resource that would be considered scare in Southwest Asia? Why?_____________________________________________________________________________________What is OPEC’s job or function?_________________________________________________________________How is the US and Saudi Arabia economically interdependent? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe each group: Religious GroupCultural Group Ethnic Group Political Group___What are the four major ethnic groups in the Middle East? Where are they predominantly found? #1: -#2:-#3:-#4:-What are some reasons that Islam is more worshipped in the Middle East than Judaism or Christianity? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Explain why there is conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why is the Suez Canal economically important to countries around the World? ___________________Why is it important to Egypt? ____________________________________________________Why did the U.N. get involved in Kuwait in 1990 against Iraq?Why has there been so much conflict over Palestine/Israel? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________JudaismChristianityIslamApprox. Establishment DateDeity (Name of God)Founder or important figureName of place of worshipName of Holy TextHoly City or CitiesWhy?Monotheistic or PolytheisticSimilarities of all 3 religions: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Differences of all 3 religions (What makes them unique?): __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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