| A | B |
|---|
| Absolute location | refers to longitude and latitude |
| Relative location | describes place in relation to its environment and connection to other places |
| Place | describes human and physical characteristics of location |
| Interaction between people and environment | how humans adapt and modify environment |
| Movement | studies environment and migration of humans |
| Region | divides the world into managble units for humans to study |
| Fertile Crescent | fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| Sumerians | 1st civilization in Mesopotamia |
| Hebrews | ancient people believed in ethical monotheism, religion was Judaism (Israelites) |
| Assyrians | conquered Babylon, brutal, had iron, well organized empire |
| Persians | were Hebrew, left Assyrians alone, showed respect |
| Goden Age of Islam | 800 to 1100AD. Muslims empire literature, mathematics, science ancient books written inArabic |
| Fall of Constantinople | Byzantine capital, conquered by Ottomans in 1453 |
| Ottoman Empire | empire of Turkey height of their power under Suleiman the Magnificent |
| Mandate-Middle East | after WWI legal status of some countries transferred control of Mid East countries to France and Britain |
| 1948-State of Israel | Ben Gurion declared Israel a Jewish state |
| Suez Crisis (Sinai Campaign - 1956) | Egypt tries to shut down Suez Canal so Israel can't use |
| 6 Day War | 1967 between Israel against Egypt, Jordan and Syria, Israel wins |
| Yom Kippur War | 1973 - Israel fights Egypt and Syria |
| Intifada | war of sticks and stones, Palestinian teen throw rocks at Israelis |
| Gulf War | 1991 Iraq invades Kuwait, US goes in (Operation Desert Storm) |
