Middle Eastern Geography and History Flashcard

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What ancient city in Jordan draws tourists?

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Petra

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Where are the ruins of ancient Babylon found?

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Iraq

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List three characteristics that dominate the Arabian Peninsula.

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Deserts, oil reserves, Bedouin culture

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What two cities in Saudi Arabia are visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims every year?

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Mecca and Medina

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Name the plateau and peninsula occupied by Asiatic Turkey.

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Anatolian Plateau and Anatolian Peninsula

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Who was Turkey’s first president? To what city did he move the capital?

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ankara

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By what name was Iran known before World War I? Who began the drive to modernize Iran after the war?

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Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi

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Name the three countries that make up Transcaucasia and the empire that ruled them before 1991.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia; Soviet Union

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Identify: Kurds

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An ethnic group in the Middle East

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Identify: Saddam Hussein

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Former President of Iraq