Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan Chapter 12 Section 1 Pp

Turkey  Has land in both Europe and Asia  Anatolian Plain at the center  Earthquakes cause a lot of damage  Farming, mining industry, oil

Turkey’s People  Almost 100% are Muslim  20% are Kurds and want their own country  70% live in cities

Turkish History and Culture  Largest city is Istanbul, which was Constantinople  Ottoman Empire started here and ended with WWI  Kemal Atatürk was first president and made it a modern country  Muslim and secular groups are struggling for control

Question  Almost 100% of the people in Turkey belong to which religion?  Islam

Question  What separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey?  The Turkish Straits

Question  What nation of Southwest Asia has land in both Asia and Europe?  Turkey

Question  What best describes what Turkey became under the leadership of Kemal Atatürk?  A modern nation

Question  What was Istanbul previously called?  Constantinople

Syria  Controlled by one political party since 1960s  Fertile land near the Mediterranean Sea and Syrian Desert in east  Agriculture is main economic activity  Oil is main export

Syrians  Half in cities  Damascus, the captital, is one of oldest continuously inhabited cities  Mostly Arab muslims, but some are bedouins, nomadic desert peoples

Questions  What is Syria’s main export?  Oil

Lebanon  60% work in manufacturing  88% live in urban areas  Civil war from (Muslims vs. Christians)  Beirut – capital and largest city  French is an official language

Question  From 1975 to 1991, a civil war almost destroyed the economy of which country?  Lebanon