Transcript The Persian Gulf & Interior Chapter 19 Natural Environments A

The Persian Gulf &
Interior
Chapter 19
I.
Natural Environments
A) Landforms & Rivers
 Plate Tectonics?
 Mesopotamia?
 Exotic river?
 Mountains?
B. Climate
 Climate?
 Rub al-Kali?
 Temps? Why?
C. Natural Resources
 2 most important?
 Saudi Arabia (world’s
largest oil exporter!)
 Oasis?
 Fossil Water?
 Desalinization?
II. History & Culture
A) From Empires to Independence
 Fertile Crescent?
 World’s FIRST civilization?
B. The Rise of Islam
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Who founded Islam?
Birth city?
God in Arabic?
Followers of Islam?
Holy book of Islam?
5 Pillars of Islam?
Holiest City?
the Ka’aba
35’ X 40’, and 50’
Built by Abraham & Ishmael
Black embroidered cloth
S.E. corner = sacred black stone
 From heaven
 Gabriel gave to Abraham
 White?
 Replica of the House of God in the 7th heaven
 Heaven = 7 levels
 Hell = 7 levels (punishment fits the sin)
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The Ka’aba
Five Pillars of Islam
 1. Faith: There is no God but Allah, &
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
 2. Prayers: 5X per day, face toward Mecca
 3. Alms: give $ to the poor
 4. Fasting: during the month of Ramadan,
from dawn to sunset
 5. Pilgrimage: perform the hajj to Mecca
C. Culture
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Ethnicity?
Language?
Kurds?
Persians...language?
D. Religion & Society
 Sunni Islam?
 90% of Muslim
world
 Shi’a Islam?
 10% of Muslim world
 Iran & eastern Iraq
 Difference?
 Imam?
III. The Region Today
A) Economic Development
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Money makers?
Agriculture?
Pork & alcohol?
Bedouins?
B. Urban Environments
 Largest cities?
C. Governments, Issues, &
Challenges
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World’s largest oil exporter?
O.P.E.C.?
Ayatollah?
Theocracy?
Saddam Hussein?
 First Gulf War (Iran-Iraq War) (1980-1988)
 Second Gulf War (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (1990)
 2003 (U.S. invasion of Iraq b/c of WMDs?)