GEOG 1010- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Fall 2016: know which countries make up north africa and south west asia (naswa). Egypt and lower nile basin, the maghreb and its neighbors, middle east, arabian peninsula, Libya, algeria, tunisia, morocco, western sahara, mauritania, mali, niger, chad, egypt, Sudan, jordan, saudi arabia, yemen, iraq, syria, oman, iran, turkey, israel, lebanon, Arab emirates (uae), kuwait, bahrain, qatar: know where the two major rivers are in iraq. Islamic republic of pakistan 77% sunni, 20% shi"ite: look at figure 6-6 in your text. Northern border between egypt and sudan (creates lake nasser) Aswan high dam (1968: increased agricultural output by 50, provides 40% of egypt"s electricity, environmental issues, know where the nile delta is. Starts in northern egypt and drains to the mediterranean sea. North-south split: north: arabized, muslim, south: african, christianized. War over oil being discovered on contested land. Intended as a jewish homeland by recommendations of the u. n. commission.
