chapter 4

PART I: VOCABULARY = 8

- define and study the vocabulary terms for the test.

PART II: MULTIPLE CHOICES = 61. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea to the _____ Ocean.2. Many Algerians moved to _______ to find work.3. MYSTERY QUESTION (from your book and in the notes).4. Name a Western Fertile Crescent Nation. _____, _____, _____.5. Name a nation on the Arabian Peninsula. (6)6. O.P.E.C. stands for ____ _ ___ ___ ___

Bahrain Qatar Oman

Kuwait United Arab Emirates Yemen

(Fill in the Blanks for this Answer)

PART III: PLACES = 91. Jewish nation (1948); Econ=AG, IND; Capital = Jerusalem.

2. 20 different ethnic groups; Taliban ruled this poor country; Capital = Kabul.3. Ruled by the Saud family (Abs. Mon.); Oil leader; Capital = Riyadh.4. Leader=Muammar al Quaddafi (Mil. Dict.); Econ=oil; Capital=Tripoli.5. Ruled by Dictator Saddam Hussein; Econ=suffered during embargo; Capital=Baghdad.

PART III: PLACES (CONTINUED)6. 1st President=Kemal Ataturk; Ottoman-Turk Empire; Econ=Istanbul (tourism); Capital=Ankara.

7. Suez Canal, Aswan High Dam; Gov’t=Dem-Rep; Capital=Cairo; Econ=AG, N-R, Tour.

8. The “Far western lands” (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco)

9. Persia; Gov’t=Islamic Rep; Econ=Oil and pistachio nuts; Capital=Tehran.

PART IV: HISTORY and PEOPLES (true or false)

1. The ______ make up 20% of Turkey’s population.

2. The _______ are Muslims and Christians in the Middle East with no homeland.3. The ______ were the first people to settle on the Mediterranean in Northern Africa. 4. Berber and Arab descendants who conquered Spain in the 700’s were called the ______.

PART V: ESSAY (worth 3 questions)

Explain 3 of 4 ways that tension has grown between the “West” and Middle Eastern nations.

1. Pushy Oil Customers

2.Division of Land and Puppet Governments

3. Support of Israel

4. Worry of Take Over.