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CRCT REVIEW!. 2 MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES IN SW ASIA. WATER AND OIL. WATER RIGHTS. THE RIGHTS A COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES HAVE TO WATER SOURCES. EVENT THAT ENDED THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. WW1. ETHNIC GROUP OF THE OTTOMANS. TURKS. YEAR ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED. 1948. BALFOUR DECLARATION.
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ETHNIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO LIVE IN KURDISTAN (NOW IN IRAQ, IRAN, AND OTHER SW ASIAN COUNTRIES. MAIN RELIGION IS ISLAM
RELIGION FOUNDED BY ABRAHAM. FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELGION. FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED JEWS. HOLY BOOK IS THE TORAH. HOUSE OF WORSHIP IS A SYNAGOGUE. HOLIDAYS ARE HANAUKKAH AND PASSOVER
MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION FOUNDED BY JESUS. JESUS CLAIMED TO BE SON OF GOD. FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED CHRISTIANS. HOLY BOOK IS THE BIBLE. HOUSE OF WORSHIP IS A CHURCH. HOLIDAYS ARE CHRISTMAS AND EASTER.
MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION FOUNDED BY MUHAMMAD. GOD IS NAMED ALLAH. HOUSE OF WORSHIP IS A MOSQUE. HOLY BOOK IS THE KORAN. HOLIDAY IS RAMADAN. HAS THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM, WHICH INCLUDE TAKING A HAJJ (PILGRIMIDGE TO MECCA). FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED MUSLIM.
SUNNI: ANYONE CAN BE CALIPH (LEADER OF ISLAM) • SHIA: ONLY DESCENDANTS OF MUHAMMAD CAN BE CALIPH. • SUNNI IS MAJORITY IN THE WORLD.
LITERACY RATE: THE AMOUNT OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAN READ AND WRITE OVER THE AGE OF 15 • STANDARD OF LIVING: HOW WELL THE PEOPLE IN A COUNTRY ARE DOING.
UNDER “HOW IS POWER DISTRIBUTED”. • CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALL THE POWER. STATE AND LOCAL HAVE NO POWER.
UNDER CATEGORY OF “HOW IS POWER DISTRIBUTED”. • CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE AND LOCAL SHARE THE POWER
UNDER CATEGORY OF “HOW IS POWER DISTRIBUTED”. • STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE ALL THE POWER. • WE DO NOT STUDY ANY COUNTRIES THAT ARE CONFEDERATIONS. • EXAMPLES ARE OPEC AND THE UN
UNDER THE CATEGORY OF “WHO HAS ALL THE POWER?” • ONE PERSON IS IN CHARGE • AUTO MEANS SELF