Flashcards
Islamic Civilization - Chapter 3
Cards in this deck (19)
- 1Islamic CivilizationMiddle East
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon,
Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Yemen,
Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Sudan, Libya, Syria - 2What kind of people live in the Middle East?Arabs, Jews, Persians, Kurds, Turks
- 3Zoroastriansimwas a major world religion that started in Persia, Iran
- 4How has geography encouraged civilization in the Middle East?The Middle East has a great deal of land. Saudi Arabia is bigger than BC. The Red Sea is very wide. The geography is complex because the Middle East has mountains, flat land and fertile rivers.
- 5Climate in the MIddle EastIn the mountains, it is dry and desert. The wettest along the coast of the Mediterranean sea get rain but not enough. In the summer, it is very hot and much of the MIddle East has a year-round growing season. It is very sunny there all year long.
- 6Water and Agriculture in the Middle EastThere are rivers and oases. Thousands of years ago, many farms were by the oases so farmers could grow food.
- 7What kinds of food grow in the Middle EastOranges, dates, figs, olives, wheat and vegetables
- 8Precipitationrain, snow, sleet or hail
- 9subtropicsregion bordering the tropics (north of the tropic of cancer)
- 10oasisa green area in a desert region made possible by water from a spring
- 11aquifernatural deep underground store of water
- 12Settlement Patterns in the Middle EastPeople lived by oases where there are farms by the water. This means they live close together which creates cities. Then there is a culture, ideas, and growth.
Towns and cities have an impact on trade. Traders in the Middle East travel to buy and sell. - 13Who are the Arabs?They are a Semitic people. Some live in villages and towns around oases and rivers. Others live as herders and nomads in the desert land. Trading is very important to the Arabs.
- 14Arabs and TradeThey used camels to transport goods. Camels don't need a lot of water. Arabs travel in Caravans so they can buy and sell goods.
- 15SemiticAncient people that includes the jewish people, arabians and assyrians and phoenicians
- 16NomadA person who moves from place to place with the seasons
- 17DomesticateTo tame an animal for human needs
- 18CaravanA group of traders who travel together for safety
- 19TreatyAn agreement reached by negotiation between two or more parties