Southwest Asia

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Southwest Asia

• Notes, Notes and
• More Notes!

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General Information

• The countries Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon,
  Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran,
  Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Armenia,
  Azerbaijan, and Georgia(Bolded ones from Soviet
  Union)

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General Information 2

• Recently important because of the conflict with
  Iraq.
• Conflict between Israel and Arab for huge oil
  reserves

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Regional languages

• Language(s)
• English
• Turkish
• Greek
• Arabic
• Hebrew
• Altaic

• Places where spoken?
• 2ed language spoken in most places
• Spoken in Turkey and other countries.
• Mongolia and Turkey

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Religion(s)

• Christianity (began in Southwest Asia)
• Islam
• Hebrew (Jewish)
• Buddhism

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Currencies

• Dram- Armenia
• Manat- Azerbaijan
• Dinar- Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait
• Pound- Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria
• Rail- Iran, Oman, Yemen
• US Dollar- Iraq
• Shekel- Israel
• Lari- Georgia, Turkey
• Riyal- Qatar, Saudi Arabia
• Dirham- UAE

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Famous Attractions 1

• Beersheva- capital where collages. Israel
• Beit Shean- City where national park is- Israel
• The Weizmann House- Israel

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Famous Attractions 2

• Baalbeck- Lebanon
• Tripoli- Lebanon- near Beruit 2ed largest city in
  Lebanon

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Foods

• The Food in Southeast Asia is spectacular.
• Food consists of Chinese food, Vietnamese food
• Some even eat stuff like pasta and other noodles
• Most popular dish is Chili.
• Most people eat with either Chop sticks or
  silverware like we use in America.

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Festivals

• One of the most popular festivals in Southeast
  Asia is a Kite Festival.
• Nagaur Festival is another festival in southeast
  Asia- this Festival is 18 days long.
• Most festivals involve crafts and other art work.