Geography and Irrigation Concepts

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North Africa is also included in the area described as the Middle East. Why?

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Shared Religion, Language, and Culture

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What are the three major religions that are important in the Middle East/Southwest Asia?

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Islam, Judaism, Christianity

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List the three Continents that the Middle East is at the crossroads of.

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Africa, Asia, Europe

Front

List the three most important geographical regions of the Middle East.

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Fertile Crescent, Arabian Peninsula, the Levant

Front

What is the longest river in the world?

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Nile

Front

Define 'endogamy' and 'exogamy'.

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Marriage within a Group; Marriage outside a Group

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What animal is key to Bedouin people?

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Camels

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Define drip irrigation.

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Pipes under or on Ground

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Define a 'wadi.'

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A Seasonal River that is Otherwise Dry

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List the five major languages spoken in the Middle East: Oromo, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, Kurdish; Armenian, Arabic, Pashtun, Urdu, Persian (Farsi); Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Turkish, Kurdish, Hebrew; Berber, Arabic, Turkish, Yiddish, Amharic.

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Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Turkish, Kurdish, Hebrew.