syria and iraq
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Syria and Iraq. Arab Nations in Civil War. Objectives. Identify Syria and Iraq on a blank map of the Middle East. Discuss Syria’s ethnic problem and how it contributed to their civil war. Use the term Arab Spring correctly. Discuss the Iraq-Iran War. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Syria and Iraq
Arab Nations in Civil War
Objectives
• Identify Syria and Iraq on a blank map of the Middle East.
• Discuss Syria’s ethnic problem and how it contributed to their civil war.
• Use the term Arab Spring correctly.
• Discuss the Iraq-Iran War.
• Explain the importance of Iraq’s two rivers.
• Describe how ISIS is changing this area.
Our own people did this!
Iraq
Syria
Terms and PlacesDamascus is the capital of Syria.
civil war is a war within one country
Arab Spring is a movement to reform or overthrow Arab governments.
Tigris and Euphrates are two rivers that provide the only fertile land in Iraq.
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq.
Saddam Hussein was a dictator of Iraq for many years.
ISIS is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Sharia Law is a set of brutal Muslim laws.
N o r t h A f r i c aArabian
Peninsula
Israel & Palestine Iraq
Syria
A group called ISIS is currently trying to unite parts of Iraq and Syria.
ISIS isn’t known for respecting human rights.
How did war come to this area and allow this group to gain control?
After winning World War One, Britain and France divided up the Middle East.
Europeans divided up this area to suit themselves - NOT to suit the people that lived there , the Alawites, the Sunni, Kurds, Shiites, and others.
The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) controlled the Middle East during World War One.
Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq are part of the Arab-speaking world.
However, that doesn’t mean any unity exists with either the other Arab-speaking nations or even within the countries themselves.
The Kurds don’t speak Arabic. The Kurdish Language is closer to Iran’s languages.
Alawites are a minority in Syria, but they have controlled Syria for a long time. They are Shiite.
Sunni and Shiite are the two major branches of the Muslim religion. The Shiites have controlled Iraq since the US left.
Unless something changes soon, each of these will have their own nation soon, and the traditional countries of Iraq and Syria will disappear.
Examine this physical map.
Knowing that much of this land is desert, predict where land will be used and unused in Syria and Lebanon.
If you predicted along the rivers and Mediterranean shore, you were correct.
This map is a very simplified one.
This map shows just the major ethnic divisions that make up Syria.
In Syria, the Alawites represent only 12% of the people, but they have been in charge of the country for a long time.
Moreover, the Alawites are Shiites, while the rest of Syria and northern Iraq are all Sunni.
Kurds Kurds
Arabs
Syria is in fact a very complex country, full of different ethnic groups that don’t always get along.
Although he is called the “President” of Syria, that is not the same as an American president.
President Bashar Assad of Syria.
When the Arab Spring began, so did the Syrian civil war.
His dad was “president” before him, and no one else was allowed on the ballot during his election.
Iraq
Syria
The other large nation in the
northeast corner of the Arabic-Speaking
World is Iraq.
The two rivers of Iraq formed the basis for
several of humankind’s earliest civilizations.
To the west of these rivers, Iraq is
desert.
The population reflects the geography.
Saddam Hussein was a ruthless
military dictator in the late 1900s.
The United States supported Saddam
Hussein because he was Iran’s enemy.
However, in 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded his tiny
neighbor, Kuwait.
It was feared that he might invade other countries, such as Saudi
Arabia.
Many nations came together and threw
Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
As his troops left, Saddam Hussein set
Kuwait’s oil wells on fire.
Now ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are trying to unite Iraq and Syria.
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D E FG
HI J
Which nation is Syria?
Syria Iraq
Which nation is Iraq?
What group is trying to unite Syria and Iraq?
ISIS
How does Saudi Arabia get its water?
From very deep wellsFrom desalinization From Lake Nissad From a dammed riverWhat does ISIS stand for?
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Please read “Mesopotamia.” World Studies: Asia. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. pgs. 104. 1/2 page