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| what are the six Eastern Mediterranean countries that make up the middle east. |
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| Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey. |
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| Where is Europe's part of Turkey located? |
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| What is the Asian part of Turkey called? |
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| What are the three connected waterways that separate Europe from Asia? |
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| Dardanelles, the Bosporus, and the Sea of Marmara. |
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| What are the two mountain ranges in Turkey? |
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| Pontic Mountains, and Taurus Mountains. |
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| What is the cause of the frequent earthquakes in turkey? |
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| turkey has many faults and folds. |
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| What river flows south of the Dead Sea? |
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| What two rivers begin in Anatolia and empty into the Persian Gulf? |
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| The Tigris and the Euphrates. |
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| What three climate types cover nearly all of the Mediterranean? |
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| Arid, Semiarid, and Mediterranean. |
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| What country is famous for cedar trees? |
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| Which desert covers most of Jordan and Syria? |
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| A desert that lies South of Israel. |
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| What natural resources are abundant in Turkey? |
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| Coal, copper, and Iron ore |
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| used to process wool and to make fertilizers. |
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| A light weight Metal that is valuable to aerospace. |
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| What empire conquered the eastern Mediterranean between 200 BC and 106 AD? |
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| Why were the Jews put out of Palestine? |
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| they resisted Roman Authority. |
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| What became the official religion of the Roman empire during 300 AD?` |
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| What sect of Christianity broke off from the Roman Catholic Church? |
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| What was the capital city of the Byzantine empire? |
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| What group established an empire in Southwest Asia and North Africa in the AD 600's/ |
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| Who captured Jerusalem from the Arabs in the 1077 AD? |
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| WHat caused the Pope to call for war against the Muslims? |
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| they threatened Constantinople. |
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| what ottoman general created turkey after WWI? |
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| former ottaman territories in Turkey. |
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| called for jews to re-establish a country in their ancient homeland. |
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| Where did the Jews want to establish a homeland? |
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| What terrorist group had the goal of an independent Palestinian state? |
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| What do all the faiths have in common? |
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| Muslims are the minority in all but which country? |
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