Study Guide - World Regional Geography

Third Exam

Study these terms and concepts related to North Africa/Southwest Asia along with those presented in the study guide that was attached to Week 12 in preparation for your 3rd exam.

Chapter 6:  North Africa / Southwest Asia: p. 280-299

Major geographic qualities of North Africa / Southwest Asia, know all countries and capital cities, Arab Realm, Arab World,  Islamic Realm, qanat, Islam,  Middle East, cultural geography, culture hearth, cultural diffusion, culture landscape, cultural perception, culture conflict, cultural ecology,   Mesopotamia, hydraulic civilization,  Muhammad the Prophet,  Five Pillars of Islam, Mecca, Sunni-Shia Division, religious fundamentalism, diffusion of Islam, spatial diffusion, diffusion processes, four stages of diffusion,  innovation wave,  relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion (contagious and hierarchical diffusion),  impact of oil ,  OPEC.

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Created by Bill Strong. 11-5-01.  Updated 10/28/02 wrs.