Rachel Prather Itu 12/8/09 Central And Southwest Asia Web Quest

Rachel Prather ITU 12/8/09 Central and Southwest Asia Web Quest 1. Why do you think the region is plagued by conflict? I think because of the conflict of religion between the Arabs and Israeli’s. 2. What countries define the region? Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait), and Egypt and Libya. 3. Why are there tensions between Israel and the Arabs? Because of the political, strategic and economic interests in the area of the great powers. 4. What country was the largest supplier of weapons in Iraq during this conflict? Soviet Union. 5. What was the name of the Iraqi president? Saddam Hussein. 6. What was he accused of that led to war? Illegally pumping oil from Iraq’s Rumaila oil field. 7. When was the Iraqi president captured and convincted of during this war? Dec. 2003 was th date he was captured and in 2004 he was convicted. 8. What is the name of the sea that is between Egypt and Saudi Arabia? The Red Sea 9. What is the name of the Sea North of Turkey? Black Sea 10. What is the name of the sea north of Iran? Caspian 11. What is the name of the sea west of Israel? Mediterranean Sea 12. What is the name of the sea south of Oman? Arabian Sea 13. Approximately how many miles is it from Jerusalem to Nazareth? 60 miles 14. Approximately how many miles is it from Jerusalem to Egypt? 70 miles 15.What is the major International dispute in this country? The seperation and they are creating a barrier along parts of the Green Line and within the western Bank, their intention to pull out Israeli settlers and withdraw from the Gaza strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank. 16.What does the symbol in the middle of the flag represent? The Blue Star of David 17. Why are there tensions between Israelis and Palestinians? Because the Arabs that remained in Israel once it was declared tend to start riots known as the intifada.

18. How many feet below sea level is the Dead Sea? 1,349 ft. 19. Name the neighboring countries…Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Oman, U.A.E, Kuwait, Catar. 20.Approximately how many miles is it from Duba to Egypt? 100 miles. 21.What type of government did this country have? Absolute Monarchy. 22.Why did this country make large financial contributions to the Iraq war effort during the 1980’s? They were fearful they might become ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s next target if Iran conquered Iraq. 23.What is the Taliban? Is a radical Sunni Islamist movement. 24. What countries border Kuwait? Iraq, Saudi Arabia. 25.By examining the map, what would you think would be Kuwait’s economic strength? Its long coastline. 26. What are their official languages spoken? Arabic 27. What is their main religion? Islam 28. Why did Iraq invade Kuwait? Because they blamed them for falling oil prices. 29. What was the date that women voted for the first time? 2006. 30. Is Turkey north, south, east, or west of Israel? North. 31. Where is Istanbul located? In the north west portion of the country. 32. Did Turkey fight in WWII? Why or why not? It was neutral during most of WWII, on Feb. 23 1945 it declared war on Germany and Japan, yet took no active part in the conflict. 33. Who are the Kurds? They composed a significant part of the population in Turkey, they are a separate group of people apart from the Turks 34. Name two interesting facts about the Kurdish Culture. Their New Years Day is on March 21 and their woman are not secluded and do not wear the veil. 35. What tragedy happened on August 17, 1999? Western Turkey was devastated by an earthquake magnitude 7.4. 36. What countries are considered the main trading partners with Turkey? Germany, UK, US, Italy, France, Spain, Russia and China.