WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY CH.7
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Demonstrations against the government - Answer-Problems with region
1. Government Corruption
2. Limited Democracy and free elections
3. Rapidly rising food prices
4. Widespread poverty and unemployment
Tunisia- man set himself on fire to protest against the government
Israeli/Palestinian conflict - Answer-West bank
- Who has control over the West bank?
Tensions following the establishment of Iraq - Answer-Colonial influence
- Varied ethnic identities and political aspirations
Instability
American presence
Islam - Answer-Dominant religion in region
Arab Spring - Answer-a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both
non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab
2010
spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and surroundings
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries - Answer-OPEC
12 countries
Maghreb - Answer-"Western Island"
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Atlas Mountain Range
The Levant - Answer-Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Eastern Mediterranean region
mountains 20 miles from sea
highlands of Lebanon exceed 10,000 ft
Salinization - Answer-freshwater turns into salt water
irrigation
major environmental issue
Hydropolitics - Answer-Interplay of water resources and politics
potential for conflict
Aswan High Dam - Answer-1970 construction
Pros: Increase Egypt's agriculture
Cons: Increase salinization, infilling, damage fishing population
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Demonstrations against the government - Answer-Problems with region
1. Government Corruption
2. Limited Democracy and free elections
3. Rapidly rising food prices
4. Widespread poverty and unemployment
Tunisia- man set himself on fire to protest against the government
Israeli/Palestinian conflict - Answer-West bank
- Who has control over the West bank?
Tensions following the establishment of Iraq - Answer-Colonial influence
- Varied ethnic identities and political aspirations
Instability
American presence
Islam - Answer-Dominant religion in region
Arab Spring - Answer-a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both
non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab
2010
spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and surroundings
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries - Answer-OPEC
12 countries
Maghreb - Answer-"Western Island"
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Atlas Mountain Range
The Levant - Answer-Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Eastern Mediterranean region
mountains 20 miles from sea
highlands of Lebanon exceed 10,000 ft
Salinization - Answer-freshwater turns into salt water
irrigation
major environmental issue
Hydropolitics - Answer-Interplay of water resources and politics
potential for conflict
Aswan High Dam - Answer-1970 construction
Pros: Increase Egypt's agriculture
Cons: Increase salinization, infilling, damage fishing population
