Map Reasoning | Economy and things | The People of Swana | Terms | People, Places, and Things |
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What is Saudi Arabia?
This country is home to the Rub' al Khali.
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What is a bazaar?
A traditional, open-air market.
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What is Lebanon?
The Druze are a religious minority in this country.
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What is a flat?
Another name for an apartment.
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What is the Jordan River?
The West Bank is on the west bank of what river?
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What is Libya?
This country is immediately west of Egypt.
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What is capital?
Extra money that can be invested.
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What is Iran?
Persians, who speak Farsi, are the major ethnic group in this eastern SWANA country.
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What is the Knesset?
Israel's legislative body.
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Who is Kemal Ataturk?
The "Father of the Turks."
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What is the Nile?
The Arabian Desert's western border is this river.
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What is petroleum?
This is the major export of many SWANA countries that has revolutionized life and raised standards of living, most clearly seen in Saudi Arabia.
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Who are the Berbers?
The original inhabitants of the Maghreb.
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What is a mandate?
Land governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations until it's ready for independence.
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What is urbanization?
This is the process of populations relocating from rural areas (the countryside) to the city.
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What is the Strait of Bab al-Mandab?
The canal that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
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What is infrastructure?
Roads, schools, airports, seaports, and communication facilities are collectively called this.
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What is the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)?
This country-less group has fought to regain the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the 1960s.
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What is shah?
Title of a the leader in post-WWII Iran.
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What are hajj, Ramadan, confession of faith, daily prayer, and almsgiving?
Name 4 of the 5 pillars of Islam.
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What is Iraq?
The fertile crescent, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is primarily located in this country.
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What is Israel? (Syria also acceptable, let me explain)
Jordan's economy has struggled to handle refugees from this country.
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Who are the Tuaregs?
This is the nomadic group that is known as the "free men" of the Sahara desert.
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What is self-determination?
The right to decide one's own political future.
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Who is Saddam Hussein?
This leader invaded Kuwait in the early 1990s, claiming it as a historical province.
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