Chapter 22
Southwest Asia
Ch. 22:1 – The Arabian Peninsula
towns in the Arabian Peninsula served as ___________
trade
In the past, some __________
deserts Other cities were
caravans
centers for_____________
moving across the ___________.
ports where goods were exchanged from the _________
Silk
________
Roads in East
Indian
Mediterranean
Asia. ___________Ocean
trade from South Asia, and _________________
Europe
Bedouins
Sea trade from __________.
Nomad desert dwellers called _______________
oasis to _________.
oasis
moved across the peninsula from _________
Their fighting
spread
religion
skills would eventually help to ___________
a new ____________
that
Islam
developed in the region-__________.
This monotheistic religion is based on the
teachings of its founder the Prophet ______________.
Certain religious
Muhammad
teachings
duties were required of all who followed the _______________
________
of this new
religion.
A camel caravan crossing a desert in Saudi Arabia
Bedouins in Saudi Arabia
Bedouins stopping to pray
Bedouins drinking tea
duties are called the_______________________.
Five Pillars of Islam
The basic ________
Armies of
fighters
lands and
Muslim ____________
moved across the desert, conquered _________,
control
Arabic
put Muslim leaders in ___________.
As a result, the _____________language
governments of lands controlled by
spread across Southwest Asia. The ________________
religious leaders control the
theocratic
Muslims were _____________.
This means _____________
world
government. A large area of the ____________
was controlled by the Muslim
empires until the 1900s. Then, __________
much of Southwest Asia fell under
__________
Britain
France
the control of ______________
and _______________,
especially after World
break-up of the Muslim-held _____________
Ottoman
War I and the ____________
Empire.
colonized
However, only part of the region was ______________.
Arabic-speaking Countries of the World
Map of the Ottoman Empire
Peninsula
On the Arabian ______________,
a new power was rising. A daring leader,
Abd al-Aziz
large
_______________,
consolidated power over ___________
areas of this
subregion Arabian Peninsula ___________
nations
____________.
make almost all of their export
money and a large share of their ________
GDP from _______,
oil
__________
so oil prices are
important to them. In ________,
1960
nations
very _____________
a group of oil-producing _________,
Saudi Arabia and ____________,
Kuwait
including ______________
established an organization to
policies
petroleum
coordinate _____________
on selling ______________products.
The group is the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
________________________________________,
also known as ___________.
Arabian
Changes in the nations of the ____________
Peninsula during the 20 th century
dramatic
abandoned
were _____________.
Millions of people ________________
their lives as
villagers, ____________,
& ______________
and moved into _________.
farmers
nomads
cities
King Abd al-Aziz
Political Cartoon about OPEC
Increased urbanization
has radically changed
the life of people in
SW Asia
modernization some aspects of Muslim ___________
culture
Despite rapid ________________,
have
centuries
remained the same over ______________.
All Muslims are expected to perform
activities
prayer
certain _____________.
One of the duties, _____________,
is performed at
dawn
noon
mid-afternoon
prescribed times—_____________,
___________,
__________________,
bed
sunset
____________,
and before _________.
Fasting in the month of
shapes
Ramadan
_______________
is another duty that ____________
the lives of Muslims.
Ch. 22:2 – The Eastern Mediterranean
monotheistic
1. All of the _________________
religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—
Jerusalem
Southwest Asia. All three claim_______________as
were founded in _____________
sacred city.
a _________
Jews
center
2. For _________,
this city is the ___________
of their modern and ancient
homeland
pray at the holiest site in
_______________.
Modern Jews come to __________
portion
Western
the city, a ___________
of the Second Temple known as the____________
Wailing
Wall
_________--also
called the ______________Wall.
Christians
sacred
3. For _____________,
this city is the ____________
location of the final
suffering and crucifixion of _________________.
Jesus Christ
____________
Dome of the Rock
4. A shrine in this city, called the_____________________,
houses the spot
Muslims
rose into heaven.
where ____________
believe the Prophet Muhammad ________
Eastern
5. The nations of the ____________
Mediterranean have been plagued with a
history of political ____________
tension
___________
and unrest. After World War I, Britain
France
Ottoman
Syrians
and ___________
divided the ____________
Empire. The_____________hated
French and in the 1920s & 1930s rebelled against them.
the __________
Syria
Lebanon
______________
became independent in 1943, and_____________gained
independence
_________________
in 1946.
land
6. The ________
in the Eastern Mediterranean
Britain
Palestine
controlled by _____________
was known as _______________.
In the
Zionism
19th century, a movement called ______________
began. Its goal was to create
and ___________
support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
7. At the end of World
survivors of the _____________
Holocaust wanted to
War II, thousands of Jewish _____________
United Nations
settle Palestine. In 1947, the __________________
developed a plan to divide
two states
Arabs
Jews
Palestine into _________________—one
for __________
and one for ________.
Ottoman Empire
Even today, Zionism is very controversial.
One of the main reasons for establishing
Israel was so that Jewish survivors of the
Holocaust would finally have a homeland.
Arabs did not agree with the ____________.
division
8. _________
However, the nation
Israel
March 14, 1948 Immediately, the
of___________
was established on ______________.
Arab
attacked this country. However,
surrounding _________
nations ___________
soldiers fought back and established their __________
sovereigntyin the
Jewish __________
1950s.
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed
9. In the 1960s, the ________________________________
regain land for ________________
Palestinian
to _________
Arabs.
Palestinian
creation
10. The ____________
of a Jewish state produced many_________________
descendants
refugees. Today, those refugees and their _________________
total
3.7 million
almost _________________
people.
Palestinian Refugees
Palestinians hoping to regain their land
Muslim Arabs make up the ____________
majority of people who live in the
11. ______________
nations
_____________
of the Eastern Mediterranean. However, in several of the
variety
cultures
nations there is a ____________
of ______________.
Since the seventh
Lebanon
Muslims
century, ______________
has been a refuge for both_______________
Christians
Israel
and______________.
_____________
is a land with a tremendous
people
majority
variety of ______________.
The ________________
of immigrants are
European but arrive from all over the ___________.
globe
____________
Ch. 22:3 – The Northeast
ancient world’s great __________________
civilizations
1. Several of the ___________
were based
valleys basins, & ____________
plateaus of the Northeast. Sumer,
in the river _________,
Assyria
Mesopotamia
Babylon, ____________
& Chaldea all built empires in ________________,
between the rivers,”
the “land __________
empire
Persians
region
2. The mighty __________
of the______________
developed in the __________
today
Iran
that __________
is occupied by ________.
death
Muhammad Muslims divided into
3. After the __________
of the Prophet ______________,
Shi’ite
Sunni
two main branches—the_______________and
the ______________.
groups
conflict
Tension & _____________
between these two ____________
continues on
today
until ___________.
SUMER
BABYLON
ASSYRIA
land plague several of the nations in the Northeast
4. Interior clashes over ________
Kurds are a ____________
stateless nation. They claim
region. The__________
homeland in parts of Turkey, ________
Iran & Iraq. Clashes with the
a ____________
governments of these nations have ____________
prevented them from
_______________
nation-state
achieving the status of a true ______________.
oil increased the value of Iran’s ___________.
resources
5. Discoveries of _______
Between
Iraq
control
1980 - 1990, Iran &__________
fought a war over ____________
of oil fields.
Iraq
Gulf War
6. In 1990-1991, __________
invaded Kuwait, igniting the________________.
oil
nations in the Northeast region have _________
7. Most of the ___________
or
resources that can generate ______________.
revenue
natural gas ____________
The money is
infrastructure that is ____________
outdated
needed for modernizing an________________
and
inadequate
economy
_______________
for the demands of today’s _______________.
KURDS
Kurdish Kids
1992 Gulf War: the U.S. liberates Kuwait
Turkey
water
hydroelectric
8. ___________
is developing its___________resources
and________________
boost
cotton
plants to ___________
production of ____________
and other agricultural
products
____________.
Afghanistan
civil war
9. In ______________,
a massive_______________has
interrupted any steps
progress to the area. Despite the defeat of the
underway to bring ___________
U.S.-led forces
9/11/2001
Taliban government by ________________
__________
soon after _____________,
economic political & ____________
social
Afghanistan still has many ___________,
problems.
nations of the Northeast region move into the 21st __________,
century
10. As the _________
struggles over ways of _______.
they are faced with internal ___________
Nowhere is
life
Afghanistan
division more apparent than in _________________.
this ___________
Members of the Taliban leaving Afghanistan