Geography of Asia and the Middle East

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  1. 4. 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
  2. 5. a person who follows Islam
  3. 8. second largest country by population; the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism; known for its curry powder
  4. 12. consists mostly of uninhabitable desert; home to Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad; largest producer and exporter of oil; uses Sharia law as its criminal code
  5. 16. 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
  6. 17. the most holy book of Islam
  7. 19. popular Indian leader who used non-violence to get the British to withdraw from India
  8. 24. killed Goliath and wrote many Psalms
  9. 25. the most important resource in the Middle East
  10. 28. birthplace of the ancient cradle of civilization on the Nile River; famous for its ancient pyramids
  11. 30. a philosophy teaching how behave virtuously within one's family and in society
  12. 31. the fathers of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  13. 33. cradle of civilization which grew up along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; means "[land] between the rivers"
  14. 34. a military dictatorship cut off economically and diplomatically from the rest of the world; has reeducation camps and internment camps for political prisoners
  15. 35. Arab prophet who founded Islam
  16. 36. called the "graveyard of empires"; place from which Osama Bin Laden orchestrated the 9/11 attacks
  17. 38. large, desert peninsula in the Middle East; between the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Arabian Sea
  18. 41. the largest hot desert in the world; makes up most of North Africa
  19. 42. 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"
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  1. 1. fourth largest country by population and most populous Muslim-majority country; an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands
  2. 2. ("enlightened one"); Hindu prince who around 500 B.C. rejected Hinduism and left his family and possessions in order to find enlightenment and peace
  3. 3. 1,500 miles of mountains forming the northeastern border of the Indian subcontinent; includes Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth
  4. 6. the event in which Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt
  5. 7. large exporter of electronics (e.g., Nintendo, Sony) and cars (e.g., Toyota, Honda, Nissan)
  6. 9. 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
  7. 10. the belief that one's good or bad actions affects what happens to them later
  8. 11. largest country by population and third by land area; birthplace of Confucianism;
  9. 13. military leaders who saved the Jews from their neighboring enemies before Israel had a king
  10. 14. Egyptian writing system
  11. 15. acts of worship required of all Muslims: declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage
  12. 18. the longest river in the world;
  13. 20. considered the best country in robotics, and home to the electronics company, Samsung; the most protestant country in Asia
  14. 21. the land of Cyrus the Great's vast Persian Empire
  15. 22. the repeating cycle of birth, life, and death; after one dies, their soul returns in another body as a human, animal, or spirit
  16. 23. a collection of teachings (religious and philosophical) developed in ancient India characterized by reincarnation, the caste system, and karma
  17. 26. wise and rich ruler who wrote many Proverbs; worshiped the foreign gods of his wives
  18. 27. an area in the Pacific Ocean having a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes
  19. 29. one of the earliest written law codes, written by a Babylonian king
  20. 32. went crazy and tried to kill David
  21. 37. wedge-shaped writing invented by the Mesopotamians
  22. 39. its Tigris and Euphrates Rivers fueled Mesopotamia; dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in 2003
  23. 40. the triangular-shaped mouth of a river where sediment builds up