World Geography: Exam 3 Review; Brian Cooper || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
Zagros Mountains correct answers Young, rugged mountain range. pretty high elevation. bordering Iraq and Iran
Elburz Mountains correct answers young, rugged mountain range. arabian plate moving away from africa creates high risk for earthquakes in Iran.
Asir Mountains correct answers southwestern corner of Arabian Peninsula. 7,000-8,000 ft elevation. dry climate. wettest area in saudi arabia. wealthy saudis have summer homes in the mountains for the cool climate.
mesopotamia correct answers "the land between two rivers." the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers run around this area. one of the great ancient culture hearths on planet. cradles of western civilization. sumerian and babylonian empire were here.
Tigris River correct answers eastern
Euphrates River correct answers western
culture hearth correct answers where culture, ideas, and technologies started. domesticating plants and animals.
Plateau of Saudi Arabia correct answers Largest concentration of oil. boundary of particular resources on eastern edge. petroleum rich area east of here.
process of oil formation correct answers fossil fuels are created by decomposition and layers of sediment on top of dead plants and animals. most occurred under ancient seas.
Tethys sea correct answers part of the triassic period and once covered the arabian peninsula 200 million years ago.
Plataeu of Iran correct answers limited in resources, very arid and dry. shortage of fresh water. humans never settled here because it was too harsh. most population of iran live to north and west of here.
turkey correct answers ottoman empire was a powerhouse from 1300's until WW1. this place is only ottoman stronghold left. started to lean towards being a european country, aspirations to join
the European Union.
Mustafa kemal (ataturk) correct answers father of the turks, led the overthrow of the last ottoman
leaders and organized the new Turkey. wanted to modernize Turkey into a secular country.
secular country correct answers does not favor one particular religion reasons why EU wont consider turkey correct answers 1.) turkeys economy was too weak. 2.) human rights record, kurds treated badly. 3.) christian europe does not want a predominately muslim country.
kurds/kurdistan correct answers promised own country after WW1 by the british, never happened. they are a stateless nation.
Iran correct answers speak farsi, closely related to indoeuropean language. new president was elected but the CIA overthrew him and reinstalled the shah mohammed reza pahlavi. pahlavi started to modernize with western ideals. 90% shia. 10% sunni.
great persian empire correct answers long before ottomans
two kinds of islam correct answers 85% of muslims are sunni, 15% are Shia.
SAVAK correct answers secret police network created by the shah. mid 20th century. known for being brutal. did the shah no good. only harm.
ruhollah khomeini correct answers biggest outspoken critic of the shah. the shah left country for cancer treatment and islamic revolution of 1979 began. he took over as leader.
Quran correct answers holy book of islam. the law became religion. this is the constitution. religion and govt are one and the same.
Iraq correct answers invaded iran over oil. wanted more coast line in the Shatt al arab. accused kuwait of slant drilling underground to their side of the oil reserve. on verge of collapse.
Iran-Iraq war correct answers over oil. resulted in no boundary changes, and about 1 million casualties.
dual containment correct answers we provided assistance to both sides of war. over the table to iraq and under the table to iran. we gave them enough to keep them in the fight but never enough
for either side to actually win.
nuclear proliferation correct answers we believe iran is going to develop nuclear weapons.
shatt al arab correct answers provides Iraq access to the sea; the merging of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that flows into the Persian Gulf
saddam hussein correct answers began the Iran-Iraq war; motivations were 1. a resource grab (oil) 2. to secure the Shatt al-Arab b/c its so narrow; invaded kuwait over allocational boundary dispute, oil reserves. didn't take him out because he had strategic power. he kept iran on their toes while in power.
operation desert storm correct answers U.s. to liberate kuwait. took 100 hours to complete.
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