1. The Countries of Southwest Asia Chapter 23 World Geography
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2. Chapter 23: The Countries of Southwest Asia
World Geography
Chapter 23: The Countries of Southwest Asia
Section 1: Creating the Modern Middle East
Section 2: Israel
Section 3: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq
Section 4: Arabian Peninsula
Section 5: Turkey, Iran, and Cyprus
Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved.

3. Vocabulary Section 1: Creating the Modern Middle East
Chapter 23
The Countries of
Southwest Asia
Vocabulary Section 1: Creating the Modern Middle East
mandate
Zionist
self-determination
drip irrigation
potash

4. Diverse Peoples 1
After being conquered by the followers of Muhammad ( AD), most of the peoples of the region adopted Islam and the Arabic language, but some continued to practice other religions and maintain their cultural identities.
For over 150 years Islam governed these peoples as one political region, but beginning in the tenth century, the empire began to fall apart.
Turks, led by the Seljuks, conquered almost all of the Middle East, adopting Islam and ruling for more than four hundred years before being replaced by the Ottoman Turks.
The Ottomans did not impose Islamic law on non-Muslims.
Beginning in the late 1700s, discontent and ethnic and religious rivalry caused Ottoman power to deteriorate.
European nations, eager to exert political influence in the Middle East and gain new markets for their products, called the Ottoman Empire “the sick man of Europe.”

5. 1
World War I

6. 1
World War I
Britain convinced the Arabs to revolt against the Ottomans, and the Arabs believed they would receive a homeland in return.
Britain and France secretly worked out an agreement to divide the Ottoman Empire.
After the war, the Ottoman Empire was reduced to Turkey. The independent Arab state was limited to Arabia and Yemen.
France took Syria and Lebanon as a mandate, while Britain took Palestine, Trans-Jordan, and Iraq as three separate mandates.

7. Balfour Declaration
His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.

8. 1
Arabs and Jews
Pre WWI
Two groups claimed Palestine as their homeland—the Arabs and the Jews
Amid the flow of Jews emigrating to Palestine in the face of persecution where they lived, Zionists believed the solution to oppression was to create their own country.
1917
Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, a statement of support for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, which caused an uproar among Arabs.
WWII
As Nazi Germany began to persecute Jews, thousands fled to Palestine.
The International community was sympathetic to the desire for Jews to have their own nation after WWII.
Post WWII
The United Nations recommended that Palestine be partitioned, which infuriated the Arabs because most of the best land went to the Jews.
In 1948, Israel declared its independence and within hours was attacked by neighboring Arab countries, which resulted in Israeli control of three fourths of Palestine.

11. 2
Environmental Change

12. Define
race
ethnicity
What is the difference between the two?

13. 2
Environmental Change
Israelis have transformed stretches of desert into tracts of fertile land, and have developed the process of drip irrigation.
Agricultural success has strained Israel’s limited supplies of water.
Israelis have built processing plants to extract potash, salt, and other minerals from the Dead Sea.
The government has tried to attract workers to live in and develop the desert.
Israel has looked to high technology industries to help its economy.
Service industries have developed to support the growing population.

14. Palestine Jews Arabs Sephardic Druzes Askenazi (From Southwest Asia)
(From Europe)
Christians
Muslims
Recent Immigrants
(Mostly from Russia and Ethiopia)
Israeli Jews can also be separated on basis of how religious they are. Many Jews are not religious while some are extremely religious.

15. Diverse Cultures Israel’s Arabs2
Diverse Cultures
Israel’s Jews
Differences between Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardic Jews formed a sharp division in Israeli society.
Sephardic Jews came from Southwest Asia, North Africa, and Asia, and were poorer and less educated than Ashkenazi Jews, who came from Europe.
Most recent immigrants to Israel come from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union.
There are wide political divisions in Israeli government, which ranges from the very religious groups to the nonreligious groups.
Israel’s Arabs
Almost 20 percent of the population is Arab.
The Arabs are a diverse group, with a population that includes Muslims, Christians, and Druzes.
Israeli Arabs are citizens of Israel, with full political rights.
Nevertheless, Israeli Arabs believe they have been discriminated against in education, employment, and other areas.

16. Cooperation and Conflict2
Cooperation and Conflict
During and after the Israeli war of independence in 1948, as many as 500,000 Palestinian refugees fled to neighboring Arab countries. Some Palestinian refugees found jobs and housing, but others remained in crowded refugee camps.
In the mid-1960s, many of these camps became bases for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which demanded that Palestine be liberated, and attacked and killed Israeli civilians.
More and more Israelis settled in the occupied territories, which caused Palestinian support for the PLO in the West Bank and Gaza to grow.
Palestinians began uprisings, called intifadas, in 1987 and again in 2000, after peace talks with Israel stalled.

17. 3
Jordan

18. 3
Jordan
After the 1948 war between the Arab countries and Israel, Jordan annexed the West Bank, which increased Jordan’s productivity.
After attacking Israel with Egypt and Syria in 1967, Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel, suffering economically as a result.
As the Arab-Israeli wars sent many refugees to Jordan, Palestinian Arabs became a significant part of Jordan’s population and are now a strong political force there.
Jordan’s economy has been improving since the early 1990s, and it continues to unite an Islamic heritage with modern political freedoms.

19. Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq3
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq
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Complete #1-5.
Do not write the questions.

20. Lebanon: Civil War and Recovery3
Lebanon: Civil War and Recovery
Since independence from France in 1943, power has been divided between Maronite Christians, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Druze based on the sizes of their populations.
The Maronites had the highest population and held the most power, but population growth among Muslims and growing economic inequalities between groups created more tensions.
Civil war broke out in 1958 and again in 1975, and in 1982, Israel invaded to drive out the PLO.
An international peacekeeping force was sent in to maintain order, but after several hundred United States Marines were killed, all American troops were withdrawn and the country slid into anarchy, or lawlessness.
The militias, or citizen armies of each faction of Lebanese society, stopped fighting each other in the early 1990s when a new power-sharing agreement was created.
Lebanon has begun to rebuild its infrastructure and economy, and Israel withdrew its troops in 2000.
In 2006 there was a short conflict between Hamas and Israel with most of the fighting occurring in Lebanon. Other than this, Lebanon has experienced peace and stability since the end of their civil war.

21. Syria: Challenges and Reforms3
Syria: Challenges and Reforms
The location of Syria has made cities like Damascus and Aleppo busy centers of trade.
Although Syria has rich farmland, farming methods are out of date, and only one third of the fields are irrigated.
Turkey has built dams upstream along the Euphrates, which has resulted in Syrian claims that less water is available for agriculture and electricity production.
General Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria, making all economic decisions and allowing little political freedom.
Bashar Assad succeeded his father in 2000, and began to turn Syria’s economy into a market economy while freeing political prisoners.
Economic recession and political repression has caused many to protest the authoritarian government of Assad. Protests have turned increasingly violent and it is likely that his government will not last beyond 2013.

22. Iraq: A Series of Conflicts3
Iraq: A Series of Conflicts
Iraq lies on the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and after oil was discovered in the 1920s, Iraq spent billions of dollars of oil money to develop the country.
In 1980, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein took advantage of turmoil in Iran to seize a disputed border area, but after years of inconclusive conflict, both sides accepted a UN cease-fire in 1988.
War broker out when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, and armed forces led by the United States attacked and liberated Kuwait.
Hussein remained in power, but refused to follow the terms of a UN cease-fire, so the UN imposed an embargo.
In 1988 and again after the Persian Gulf War, Iraq crushed Kurdish uprisings, forcing many Kurds to flee to neighboring countries.
The United States invaded Iraq in Most U.S. forces have been withdrawn as of December 2011.

23. 23-3 Chart Jordan Lebanon Syria Iraq
Recent historical events that have affected this country
1948…
1967…
Civil Wars…
Early ‘90s…
They are currently in a civil war.
1980s…
1990…
2000s…
Dominant ethnic or religious groups
Issues confronting this country
Palestinian refugees
* Rebuilding their…
Agriculture…
Water…
Rebuilding government after Saddam Hussein was ousted.
Securing country while U.S. removes soldiers

24. For today you need to finish…
Unit 6 RASH if not completed.
Unit 6 Map if not turned in.
Islam/Judaism Chart
23.3 Chart (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq)

25. Demographics Define ‘demographics’.
Why would a government need to study demographics?
Why would companies want to study demographics?

26. Warm-up Pick up a handout and answer the first four questions.
Are there any countries in Southeast Asia that practice Islam?
Is there anything this map does not show regarding religion that could be important? What?

27. 4
Arabian Peninsula
In what ways did the discovery of oil change the Arabian Peninsula?
How has Saudi Arabia tried to balance modern-day changes and economic growth with respect for tradition?
Why are Oman and Yemen considered the least developed countries in the region?

28. 4
Oil Changes a Region

29. 4
Oil Changes a Region
The discovery of oil in the 1930s brought the region enormous wealth, which was used to pay for hospitals, schools, roads, airports, apartment buildings, modern health care, and desalination plants.
In 1960, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was formed to decide how much oil to produce and at what price to sell it.
Between 1970 and 1980, high demand for oil caused prices to soar, which had an immense impact on the world economy.
Because oil wells will one day run dry, the countries of the region are investing large sums of money to develop other industries.

30. 4
Saudi Arabia
Since the 1960s, Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars to build the country’s infrastructure, or basic support facilities.
Two giant industrial centers on the coasts of Saudi Arabia are home to petrochemical factories that collect, process, and ship oil and natural gas.
The family is the most important social unit in Saudi Arabia, and women have an honored position in Saudi society but limited freedoms.
Saudi Arabia has tried to create a balance between change and tradition, which can be seen in Saudi Arabia’s role as guardian of Islam’s most sacred cities, Mecca and Medina.
Each year, approximately two million Muslims from all over the world visit Saudi Arabia for the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.

31. Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
All three of these depend on oil production.
Dubai is in the UAE.
Bahrain has recently experienced protests against their ruling government.
Qatar has been selected to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Qatar:

32. 4
Oman and Yemen
Yemen has only begun processing its oil deposits, while Oman has used oil revenues to improve life for its people, although it did not undergo the large-scale modernization that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait did.
Most people in Yemen and Oman are farmers or herders, and many farmers depend on an ancient system of underground and surface canals called the falaj system for water.

33. Al-Bustan Palace Hotel
Oman and Yemen
Wadi Shab
In the late 20th century Sana'a’s population grew exponentially, from roughly 55,000 in 1978 to more than 1 million in the early 21st century. Sana'a may be the first capital city in the world to run out of water.
Al-Bustan Palace Hotel
High-rise architecture at Shibam, Wadi Hadramawt
Palm tree farms in Oman

34. 5
Vocabulary
shah
secular
ayatollah

35. 5
Turkey

36. 5
Turkey
After revolutionaries overthrew the sultan and declared Turkey a republic in 1923, Mustafa Kemal, the first president, set about modernizing Turkey.
In the government, secular and Islamic parties have struggled for power.
Struggling under government repression, Kurds have fought for independence and, more recently, have been trying to peacefully win their rights.
Turkey has one of the few freely elected governments in the region.

37. 5
Islam Changes Iran

38. Important Iranian Figures
Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Ayatollah Khomeini
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

39. 5
Islam Changes Iran
After WWII, the British possessed most of the oil fields in Iran. Fearful of losing these oil fields, the British encouraged the U.S. to partner with them to overthrow the Iranian Prime Minister. Iran was ruled after this by the shah who had support from the U.S.
The U.S. feared communism gaining a foothold in Iran.
In 1979, after the people of Iran revolted and the shah fled, the Ayatollah Khomeini declared Iran an Islamic republic.
Iran/Iraq War
Still tension between reformers and Islamic leaders.
Today it is believed Iran are on the verge of having nuclear weapons.

40. Cyprus Greek colonists settled Cyprus as early as 1200 B.C.5
Cyprus
Greek colonists settled Cyprus as early as 1200 B.C.
Today about four fifths of Cypriots speak Greek and are Greek Orthodox Christians.
Cyprus was part of the Ottoman Empire from the 1570s until the British occupied it in 1878, and one fifth of Cypriots are Turkish and follow Islam.
In the 1960s, civil war split Cyprus between Greeks and Turks.
Some Greeks Cypriots wanted Cyprus to become part of Greece, and in 1974, Turkey sent troops to Cyprus to prevent this.

41. Venn Diagram Your activity is a Venn diagram on Iran and Turkey.
Your book should be your primary resource, but you may use any other resource at your disposal. You should have 25 total characteristics regardless of where they go.
Consider the following characteristics as you complete your diagram.
Physical geography
History
Important figures
Political system
Social issues
Economy
Religion
Ethnic groups
TURKEY
IRAN