Geograpahy Ch.20
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35 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Turkey | Which one of the countries lies on Europe and Asia? |
| Turkey | Which of the 6 countries experiences severe earthquakes often? |
| Israel | The most technological advanced country in the eastern Mediterranean? |
| Judaism | The dominant religion in Israel? |
| dead sea | The lowest land on Earths surface is found along the shores of what sea? |
| Negev | Which of the 2 deserts lies in Southern Israel? |
| Judaism | of the three major religions, that originate in the middle east which is the oldest? |
| Jewish | About 80% of Israels population belongs to which ethnic group? |
| water | A major environmental challenge for people in the eastern med. is limited access to ? |
| Islam | Of the three major religions that originated in the middle east, which is monotheistic? |
| Cypress | Which island nation is divided between greeks and turks? |
| Dardenel strait | Which of the 6 countries is split into by the bostrous strait? |
| Pontic mountains, Tarrus mountains | Name the two moutain ranges found in turkey |
| jordan river | Which river empties into the dead sea? |
| potash | Name one of the the two mineral resources used to make fertilizers? |
| Sirian | Deserts in the Eastern Medditeranean |
| constantinople | What ancient city is the capital of besentein empire? |
| israel | polish domnishes are the leading exports of |
| saltics | rulers of the old ottaman empire were called |
| Great Britan | After ww2 palenstein became a manadate of what European country? |
| jewish, christian, islamic, armenian | The old city of Jerusalem is divided into 4 quaters, name them |
| Gaza strip, west bank, golan heights | Name 1 of 3 areas of land that israel took from neighboring countries in 1967? |
| mandates | Territories placed under another countries control are called |
| magnesium | Light metal used in the aero space |
| Anatolian | what is the name of the asian part of turkey? |
| instanbul | What turkish city was once called constantinople? |
| secular | Term mean non-religious |
| Zyanism | What movement called for a Jewish homeland in Palenstein? |
| demascus | The capital city of cyna and oldest city of the world? |
| bahit | city in lebanon once called paris in the middle east? |
| kurds | what is the largest ethnic manority group in turkey? |
| judism, christianity, islam | name 1 of the three religions that considered jursalem holy? |
| crusades | What military campaign had for its goal taking the holy land from muslims? |
| Tigress, Euphrates, Jordan | Name 3 major rivers located in the middle east? |
| Anotolian plateau | Important Plateau found in Turkey |
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