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What landform's strategic location made it a site of conflict in Southwest Asia?
What are the important bodies of water in and around Southwest Asia?
Other than oil, what is the second most valuable resource in Southwest Asia?
Define Gaza Strip.
What is a stateless nation?
Define guest workers.
Define Operation Enduring Freedom.
What was the cultural hearth of the Northeast area?
Define Palestine Liberation Organization.
What happened immediately after the events of May 14, 1948?
Define Zionism.
After World War I, what two European countries controlled the Eastern Mediterranean area?
Define the Dome of the Rock.
Define Fossil Water.
Where did the largest oil spill ever recorded occur?
Define hajj.
Define theocratic.
Define OPEC.
What dramatic changes are taking place in the nations of the Arabian Peninsula today?
What are the three monotheistic religions of the Eastern Mediterranean region?
Define Western Wall.
Define drip irrigation.
Why is the dam system Turkey is building on the upper Euphrates River so controversial?
What Southwest Asian area is known as the Empty Quarter of the "place where no one comes
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25. What word best describes the overall climate of Southwestern Asia?
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What are the Five Pillars of Islam and what does each one mean?
What three challenges do Southwest oil-rich countries face in how they use oil profits?
What two characteristics make the Dead Sea unusual?
What is the poorest nation in Southwest Asia…if not the world? What are the two main
economic pursuits of this nation's people?
5. What covers most of the Arabian Peninsula? Why does little agriculture take place in this area?
6. Describe the lands of Southwest Asia. What does Southwest Asia form?