MidtermJoshO


 * Overall Midterm Review **
 * __Maps (10-15 Questions)__ **
 * 1) **Each question deals with the political location of countries located in:**
 * Outline Map of S. Asia, S.W. Asia & North Africa**
 * - South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka)**
 * - Southwest Asia (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)**
 * - North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara)**
 * Example Question**
 * Which of the following South Asian countries is represented on the map? a. China (b.) India c. Nepal d. Bangladesh**


 * India (45-50 Questions) **
 * Important physical geographic and climate features and their influences on the people of India.**
 * Ganges River-** place Islamic people turn to in prayer
 * Brahmaputra River**
 * Indus River**
 * Indo-Gangetic Plain**
 * Himalaya Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains, Khyber Pass, Deccan Plateau, monsoons, cyclones.**
 * 2. The basic beliefs and values of both Hinduism and Buddhism.**
 * 3. The effects of the caste system on Indian society.**
 * 4. Traditional aspects of Indian families and the role women played in society.**
 * 5. The motives for European imperialism in India and the role of the British East India Company.**
 * 6. The cause and effects of the Sepoy Rebellion.**
 * 7. The positive and negative effects of British Colonial rule over India.**
 * 8. The role of Mahatma Gandhi in India’s independence movement and his political and societal beliefs.**
 * 9. The role of India’s National Congress in achieving independence.**
 * 10. The political and economic systems set up after independence, implemented by leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru.**
 * 11. The reasons for the partitioning of India in 1947.**
 * 12. India’s policy of nonalignment throughout the Cold War.**
 * 13. India’s differences with Pakistan, including the conflict over Kashmir and the creation of a nuclear weapons program.**
 * 14. Challenge facing India today, including issues like overpopulation and ethnic diversity and conflict.**
 * 15. India’s current mixed economy and democratic government.**
 * 16. Tensions between India & Pakistan – Nuclear, Kashmir **
 * 17. Nuclear countries in Asia –North Korea, Pakistan, China, Iran? **
 * 18. Important people -**
 * Siddhartha Gautama-** Buddha


 * Vasco da Gama**


 * Mahatma Gandhi-** Guy who taught the Indians about shit


 * Jawaharlal Nehru-** Guy to inherit the throne of the Indians


 * Manmohan Singh**
 * 19. Important vocabulary -**
 * reincarnation-** duh


 * moksha**


 * nirvana-** Something achieved only by the most kiss-up souls


 * dharma-** the role of a hindu or something like that


 * karma-** If you do good now, good will come in the next life, or you’ll become closer to Nirvana, which no one really cares about


 * social mobility**


 * industrialization-** India wanted to modernize (westernize) industrialization to become the next world power and shit


 * patriarchal-** They had the idea of kings


 * nuclear family**


 * urbanization-** building a bunch of cities


 * imperialism-** taking over shit


 * monopoly-** duh


 * dowry-** money paid to husband by wife’s parents


 * ethnocentrism-** a bunch of different ethnicities all combined into one place, (i.e. India)


 * satyagraha-**


 * privatization-** making things a little bit more private, like the CUA


 * secular-** nonreligious


 * non-alignment-** pretty much saying you love “EVERYBODY” (Let’s all be friends!)


 * proliferation- He’s just making up words now.**


 * outsourcing**


 * interdependence**


 * socialism**


 * capitalism**


 * hindi**


 * literacy-** tons of Indian women lack this


 * Sikhism- The act of being sick**


 * sati, purdah, patriarchal **
 * The Middle East (45-50 Questions) **
 * 1. Reasons for the strategic importance of the Middle East.**

The middle east had a large amount of oil, (DUH) and it also had a strategic water placement thingy.
 * 2. The importance of regions within the Middle East including the Fertile Crescent, the Arabian Peninsula, the Nile River Valley.**

**3. Important religious structures including**


 * Western Wall Dome of the Rock Kaaba**
 * 4. The importance of Islam throughout the Middle East. - the basic beliefs and vocabulary - the five pillars of Islam - the spread of Islam and the evolution of Islamic Civilization.**
 * 5. The similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam**
 * 6. Reasons for the split between Sunni and Shi’ite (Shia) Muslims.**

The Sunni were the guys who believed that any devout Muslim could be caliph, Shia believed that only a direct descendent could be the caliph.
 * 7. The movements to modernize Turkey, Iran, and Egypt. (Kemal Ataturk, Reza Khan, Muhammad Ali)**
 * 8. The positive and negative effects of colonial rule over the Middle East.**
 * 9. The effects of Ottoman rule over the Middle East and the reasons for its downfall.**
 * 10. The goals of the Zionist movement.**

They want all of the Israelis to move to Israel in order to get the Palestinians out.
 * 11. The effects of the McMahon Pledge and the Balfour Declaration on the Arab Israeli crisis.**
 * 12. The attempts at pan-Arabism and why they failed.**

To unite all Arabs and have one unified thingy majig.
 * 13. Middle East policy of nonalignment throughout the Cold War.**

They fought against the “evil” soviet Russians because they were “Goshless”
 * 14. The effects of Islamic fundamentalism throughout the Middle East.** ** Wahabism **
 * 15. Reasons for & effects of the Iranian Revolution of 1979.** ** Hostages. **
 * 16. The clash between modern and traditional forces throughout the Middle East today. The role of women throughout the Middle East.**
 * 17. The negative impacts of terrorism and extremism regionally and globally.**
 * 18. The causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Conflict of 1991.**
 * 19. Justifications given by the United States for invading Iraq in 2003 and the important events of the Iraq War.**
 * 20. The four major wars fought between the Arabs and Israelis (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973), why the conflicts arose and the gains and losses of each side.**
 * 21. The goals of the Palestine Liberation Organization.**
 * 22. Peace agreements between Arabs and Israelis - Camp David Accords in 1979 and the Oslo Accords in 1993.**
 * 23. Current situation in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.**
 * 24. Iran/Iraq War **


 * 25. The evolution of Israel:**
 * 1948 1947 Today 1967 Independence Partitioning Six Day War**


 * 26. The role of OPEC and the importance of oil throughout the Middle East.**
 * 27. Countries and their forms of government throughout the Middle East - democratic republics, constitutional monarchies, monarchies.**


 * Important Vocabulary -**
 * Suez Canal-** One of the largest oil reserves in the world


 * monotheism-** believing in one god (if you forgot this, you’re an idiot)


 * westernization-** moving to western ideas


 * Zionism-** believing that all Jews should migrate to Israel, and the Palestinians should get the f*ck out


 * pan-arabism-** idea in in uniting Arab nations into one big lala land


 * fundamentalist- traditional ideas (I think)**


 * interdependence-** Not relying to heavily on other nations to give you shit


 * assimilation-**


 * weapons of mass destruction-** what America can’t get enough of


 * Taliban-** evil, scary assholes who murder innocent Shi’ites


 * nationalism-** believing you should stand up for your nation


 * petroleum-**


 * Shariah- ** type of law
 * Important People - Mohammad, Reza Khan, Kemal Ataturk, Muhammad Ali, Theodore Herzl, Gamel Abdel Nasser, Ayatollah Khomeini, Anwar Saddat, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin-Laden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bashar Al Assad, Karzai, Qadaffi**



It has been a negative force on the Middle East and South Asia over the last 200 years. It caused the extremist groups in Afghanistan to massacre certain groups of Muslims, as well as hurt Americans. It caused Since independence, India has made attempts to westernize its entire culture.
 * __ Essay Question 20% __**
 * Students are responsible for a 5-paragraph essay answering one of these questions. **
 * 1) ** Has religion been a positive or negative force in South Asia and the Middle East over the last 200 years? **
 * 1) ** Since gaining independence India has had far less conflict with the West than the Arab world. Why? **