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| Wide-ranging and comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures. |
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| Why is "Arab World" a misleading title for this realm? |
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| it implies a uniformity that does not actually exist |
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| what is the major language in turkey? |
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| Crucibles of civilization, sources of ideas,innovations and ideologies that changed regions. |
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| enthnologists usally restrict the term "arab" to occupants of what |
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| where and when was mohammed born |
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| the process of spreading and adopting a culture |
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| what other languages survive in the heartland of the islamic world |
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| why is "islamic world" a misleading title for this realm? |
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| not all parts practice islam |
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| Place of crops and growth of surpluses |
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| why is "middle east" a misleading title for this realm? |
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| the name reflects the biases of the western world. |
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| Region of significant agricultural productivity. Southeastern Turkey into Syria, and eastern Mediterranean. |
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| Controlling water means having power. |
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| what were the three culture hearths of North Africa/ Southwest Asia |
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| west africa, nile vally, mesopotamia |
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| Gave certain cities in Fertile Crescent advantage over others. |
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| Ways ideas, inventions and cultural practices spread. |
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| when and where did the prophet muhammad live? |
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| what are the two major types of spatial diffusion |
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1) expansion diffusion
2) relocation diffusion |
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| spreading of an innovation or an idea through a fixed population. |
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| what are the two forms of expansion diffusion called? |
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1) contagious diffusion
2) hierarchical diffusion |
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| what portion of the worlds oil reserves are contained within this realm |
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| Ideas, innovations being spread into new locations. |
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| Spreading of an idea, or some other item through a local population by person to person. |
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| organization of petroleum exporting countries. 12 producing countries promote economic intrests through joint pricing and limiting market options. |
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| Form of diffusion where an idea spreads by trickling down from larger to smaller adoption units. |
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| why is egypt such a prominent arab country |
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| its location give it a serious advantage being in the middle of the realm |
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| how is the nile so important to this country |
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| 95 percent of egypts 78 million people live within 12 miles of the rivers banks. helps irrigate farmlands |
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| how do basin and perennial irrigation differ |
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basin irrigation - building fields with earthen ridges to trap floodwaters to grow crops.
perennial irrigation - damming of the river to expand cultivable area |
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| Distinct, culturally discrete spatial unit. |
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| Cause of intra-Islamic strife. |
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| what are the six subregions of egypt |
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1. lower egypt
2. middle egypt
3. upper egypt
4. western desert
5. eastern desert
6. sinai |
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| the countries of northwestern africa |
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| what countries make up the maghreb |
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1. morocco
2. algeria
3. tunsia
4. libya |
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| what country of the maghreb has the highest per capita income and is the most "westernized"? |
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| Fields with ridges to trap water and grow crops. |
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| What is the african transition zone? |
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| where the arab-islamic realm of north africa merges into subsaharan africa |
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| damming of a river to expand cultivable area. |
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| Southern border of the African transition zone that marks the religious frontier of the Muslim faith in its southward penetration of Subsaharan Africa. |
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| National group that aspires to become a nation-state but lacks the territorial means to do so. Palestinians and Kurds of southwest Asia are examples. |
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| do the countries of coastal west africa contain as large a muslim population as in north africa? |
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| why do some observers refer to the african transition zone as the muslim front? |
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| its where christian and muslim communities meet |
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| Set of countries separating ideological or political adversaries. |
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| what 5 countries make up the region of the middle east |
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1. iraq
2. syria
3. jordan
4. lebanon
5. israel |
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| Cyclical movement among a definite set of places. |
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| why was lebanon torn by internal strife for the past decades? |
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| rapid growth of muslim population and a rebellion in the 1950's started decades of fighting that wrecked the economy in 1975 |
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| how old is the modern state of israel |
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| how many palestinians live in israel |
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| how many palestinains live in the west bank |
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| how many palestinains live in the gaza strip |
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| name the countries of the arabian peninsula? |
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1. Saudi Arabia
2. Kuwait
3. Yemen
4. Oman
5. United Arab Emirates |
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| what are some major recent saudi arabian development projects? |
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| a modern transportation and communication network across the "waist" of the peninsula |
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| name the countries of the empire states (2) |
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| who are the combatants in the cyprus struggle? |
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| how has modernization affected iran? |
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| it has changed cities but not changed anything in the countryside |
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| how did the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1990) afect iran? |
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| it left iran poorer, weaker and aimless |
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| what countries comprimise turkestan? |
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1. kazakhstan
2. turkmenistan
3. uzbekistan
4. kyrgyzstan
5. tajikistan
6. afghanistan |
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| why is kazakhstan's relative location important |
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| it borders russia and china |
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| why is kazakhstan's relative location important |
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| it borders russia and china |
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| what ethnic minorities are located in turkmenistan? |
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| in what way are political relations troubled for uzbekistan? |
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| it borders every nation in turkestan |
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| which states esablished the buffer role for afghanistan? |
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| how was turkestan fared since the end of soviet rule? |
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| it has became a islamic region entirely |
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