Geography of Asia and the Middle East

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  1. 4. large exporter of electronics (e.g., Nintendo, Sony) and cars (e.g., Toyota, Honda, Nissan); birthplace of sumo wrestling and judo; surrendered in WWII after being hit by two atomic bombs; its capital is the most highly-populated metropolitan area in the world
  2. 5. first king of Israel; went crazy and tried to kill David
  3. 9. its capital is the second most highly populated metropolitan area in the world; known for its fermented foods, such as kimchi; considered the best country in robotics, and home to the electronics company, Samsung; the most protestant country in Asia
  4. 10. the event in which Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt
  5. 12. called the "graveyard of empires" because of the failure of military powers to retain permanent control; the largest producer of opium; place from which Osama Bin Laden orchestrated the 9/11 attacks
  6. 15. popular Indian leader who used non-violence to get the British to withdraw from India
  7. 16. second king of Israel; killed Goliath and wrote many Psalms
  8. 20. third king of Israel; wise and rich rule who wrote many Proverbs; worshiped the foreign gods of his wives
  9. 23. its Tigris and Euphrates Rivers fueled Mesopotamia, the center of the Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian Empires; dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in 2003
  10. 24. a collection of teachings (religious and philosophical) developed in ancient India characterized by reincarnation, the caste system, and karma
  11. 25. the belief that one's good or bad actions affects what happens to them later
  12. 26. a military dictatorship cut off economically and diplomatically from the rest of the world; has reeducation camps and internment camps for political prisoners; citizens have very little freedom and are trained from a young age to idolize their leaders, the Kim family
  13. 27. a religion that teaches detachment from the world in order to reach the perfect peace of nirvana; begun in India but is most popular today in East Asia
  14. 29. another term used to refer to South Asia; so-called because of this region's separation from the rest of the Asian continent by the Himalayas
  15. 32. the most populous Arab country; birthplace of the ancient cradle of civilization on the Nile River; famous for its ancient pyramids
  16. 33. a strict social class system in which all people are born into one of four groups which dictate their occupation (job) and rules of behavior
  17. 34. consists mostly of uninhabitable desert; home to Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad, and Medina, his burial place; largest producer and exporter of oil; uses Sharia law as its criminal code
  18. 37. cradle of civilization which grew up along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; means "[land] between the rivers"
  19. 39. ("enlightened one"); Hindu prince who around 500 B.C. rejected Hinduism and left his family and possessions in order to find enlightenment and peace
  20. 40. one of the earliest written law codes, written by a Babylonian king
  21. 41. a person who follows Islam
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  1. 1. birthplace of the ancient cradle of civilization in the Indus River Valley; declared independence from India in 1947; the only Muslim-majority country to possess nuclear weapons
  2. 2. largest country by population and third by land area; birthplace of Confucianism; governed by the Communist Party today; contains the longest fortification in the world
  3. 3. military leaders who saved the Jews from their neighboring enemies before Israel had a king
  4. 6. the most holy book of Islam
  5. 7. the repeating cycle of birth, life, and death; after one dies, their soul returns in another body as a human, animal, or spirit
  6. 8. (A.D. 570-632) Arab prophet who founded Islam and gained political and religious power in Arabia
  7. 9. the largest hot desert in the world; makes up most of North Africa
  8. 11. the fathers of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  9. 13. fourth largest country by population and most populous Muslim-majority country; an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands
  10. 14. wedge-shaped writing invented by the Mesopotamians
  11. 17. the most common religion in the Middle East and North Afirca; based on the teachings of Muhammad and stresses belief in one god (Allah); means "submission"
  12. 18. a philosophy teaching how behave virtuously within one's family and in society
  13. 19. large, desert peninsula in the Middle East; between the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Arabian Sea
  14. 21. the most important resource in the Middle East
  15. 22. acts of worship required of all Muslims: declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage
  16. 28. second largest country by population; the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism; known for its curry powder
  17. 30. the triangular-shaped mouth of a river where sediment builds up
  18. 31. historically important rivers in Mesopotamia flowing southeastward from Turkey to the Persian Gulf
  19. 35. 1,500 miles of mountains forming the northeastern border of the Indian subcontinent; includes Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth
  20. 36. an area in the Pacific Ocean having a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes
  21. 38. the longest river in the world; has its source near the equator and its delta in Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
  22. 42. the land of Cyrus the Great's vast Persian Empire; U.S. Embassy and personnel were taken hostage for 444 days in 1979; over 90% Shi'a Islam