Middle East Unit Exam Study Outline

World Cultures/Neiffer

2009-2010 Middle East Unit Unit Test Study Outline Note: This is from lecture notes only and does not cover content delivered through your research or projects! This also doesn't include map locations! I. Middle East Geography A. Defnition of the Middle East B. Bodies of Water i. Suez Canal ii. Tigris & Euphrates River iii. The Dead Sea C. Mountains and Plateaus (Iran) D. Desert Regions i. Bedouins ii. Locusts iii. Rub al-Khali E. Resources issues i. Water issues ii. Groundwater vs. desalination iii. Fertile Crescent iv. Oil/oil exports II. Islam A. Abrahamic relgion i. Monotheism ii. Qur-an iii. Christians and Islam B. Qur'an i. Origins ii. Structure iii. Language C. The Five Pillars of Islam i. Shahada ii. Salat a) Prayer b) Holy Day iii. Zakat iv. Sawm a) Ramadan b) Eid Mubarak v. Hajj D. Religious practices/sharia law

E. Holy Cities F. Why spread so quickly? G. Muslim demographics III. Arab-Israeli Confict A. Palestine B. Jewish populations in Europe/AntiSemitism C. Zionism D. The Middle East during the Early 20th Century i. Promises from Great Britain ii. Balfour Declaration iii. New countries discovered E. Oil discovered i. “The Coin of the Realm” ii. Outside infuence F. Jewish movement towards Palestine i. Slow study immigration ii. Kibbutz System G. World War II i. Arabs and Jews both fght against Germany ii. The “Final Solution” iii. The Holocaust H. Establishment of Israel i. Aliyah Bet ii. Resolution 181 iii. Arab-Israeli War iv. Six Day War I. Current Problems i. Attempts at Peace a) Camp David Accords b) '94 Peace Agreement ii. Refugees iii. One state or two state solution?