Central & Southwest Asia

Chapters 21-23Pages 436 - 503

Chapter 22

Pages 454 - 467

Caucasus Nations

• Georgia

• Armenia

• Azerbaijan

Central Asian Nations

• Kazakhstan

• Turkmenistan

• Uzbekistan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Tajikistan

Which of Central Asia's environmental problems poses the greatest threat to the region’s future?

Modern Middle East

Chapter 23

Pages 468 - 501

History

• Ottoman Empire ruled lands until the 1800s– Allowed practice of

religion– Nation-states– Ethnic disputes

brought decline

World War I

• Ottoman Empire + Central Powers

• Britain & France secret deal?

• Balfour Declaration?

The Balfour and Sykes-Picot helped to create long lasting resentment toward Western motives.

Following World War I

• Borders drawn up– Pg. 471

How were the lines changed?

• Mandates– Which countries

were mandates?

• Palestine

Israel

• After Holocaust looking Jews looking for home

• Problem Britain withdraws

• U.N. solution to problem

Current situation?Pg. 474

Israel Human Geography

• Jewish Split– Ashkenazi– Sephardic

• Immigration

• Arabs = ?

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Israel Movement

• 1948 Conflict– Led to Palestinians neighbors

– Led Jews Settle in Israel

• 1967 Conflict– Israel West Bank & Gaza Strip

– Palestinians

Moved again• Many moved into

refugee camps

• PLO in camps

• Cycle of Violence??

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Israel Human-Environment Interaction

• Negev Desert cover ½ of the country

• National Water Carrier– Drip Irrigation– Challenges

• Mining

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Section 3

Pages 482 - 487

Fertile Crescent

• Jordan

• Lebanon

• Syria

• Iraq

Section 4

Pages 488 - 492

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Arabian Peninsula

• Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait

• Bahrain

• Qatar

• United Arab Emirates

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Saudi Rulers

GOAL:

“Modernization without

Westernization”

What does this mean??

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Arabian Peninsula

Before OIL After OIL

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Arabian Peninsula

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• Important Resources

• Their Future

• Poorest Country?

Section 5Turkey, Iran and Cyprus

Pages 496 - 499

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Skim the Section

Make a list of leaders of both Turkey and Iran

Prepare two statements about each leader– Include one contribution to history

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How did they change their nations?

Kemal Atatük Ayatollah Khomeini

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Homework:

Answer the Reading Focus questions on Pg. 496

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