Southwest Asia/Middle East Geography and History

Southwest Asia/Middle East Geography and History

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What caused the Bantu migration?

• sixty million people speak a Bantu language
• trade cities developed along the coast of Africa
• population increases put pressure on agriculture
• techniques for herding and cultivating spread

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What is one of the most important effects of the Bantu migrations.

• The diffusion of Islam
• The creation of linguistic similarities across sub-Saharan Africa
• The creation of a single sub-Saharan African culture
• The diffusion of the banana

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The word "migration" refers to what?

• The movement of only people.

• The movement of people and animals looking for resources.

• The movement of animals only.

• None of these answers are correct.

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PASTORALISM is

• Hunter-gatherers- they follow animals to hunt & gather food

• Farmers- they stay in one place to harvest agriculture

• Herders- they move their cattle or sheeps from place to place to graze

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Specialization of labor is...

• People have different jobs

• Everyone farms so there is enough food

• Migration

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PATRIARCHY is

• Men have all the power

• Egalitarian/equal

• Who run the world? Girls!

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SOCIAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

• Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same

• Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers

• Everyone was egalitarian

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Domestication is...

• Breeding animals/plants for qualities you like

• Migration from Africa to Asia

• Cats & dogs

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One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

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1. What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a. Hunters & Gathers

• a. Toolmakers

• a. Farmers

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What continents come together to form the Middle East?

• Asia, North America, South America
• Asia, North America, Europe
• Africa, Asia, and Australia
• Asia, Africa, and Europe

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What rivers make the fertile crescent fertile?

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Mississippi & Ohio

• Nile & Niger

• Danube & Rhine

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Which body of water supplies Israel with its fresh water

• Suez Canal
• Tigris River
• Jordan River
• Euphrates River

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Why have the major rivers in Southwest Asia been political issues?

• deserts prevent the rivers from being large enough to be useful
• they can be used only for trade and travel, but not fir drinking water 
• farmers have not been able to find ways to use the water for irrigation
• everyone needs to be able to use the water and there is only a limited amount

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The Jordan River empties into which body of water?

• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Dead Sea

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Which of the following is man-made?

• canal

• river

• strait

• peninsula

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!"If the Arabs put down their weapons today there would be no more violence.  If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
What does this quote imply?

• The conflict centers around land and religion
• The Jews are to blame for the conflict in the Middle East
• Jews and Arabs are only part of the problem
• If there were no weapons there would be no conflict

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Why have the major rivers in Southwest Asia been political issues?

• deserts prevent the rivers from being large enough to be useful

• they can be used only for trade and travel, but not fir drinking water

• farmers have not been able to find ways to use the water for irrigation

• everyone needs to be able to use the water and there is only a limited amount

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Which factor influenced the development of ancient civilizations along river valleys?

• fertile soil

• dry climate

• dense rain forests

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Which factor influenced the development of ancient civilizations along river valleys?

• fertile soil

• dry climate

• dense rain forests

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Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions?

• The wheel

• The plow

• The alphabet

• All of them

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What is a ziggurat?

• a tomb for the king

• a temple where the priests worshiped their gods

• a temple where the priests performed human sacrifices

• a Mesopotamian cigarett.

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What is cuneiform?

• the first writing system

• a game made with cubes

• the first written law

• a seal

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What is polytheism?

• an amphibian with many legs

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of one god

• the worship of no god/gods

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Who were considered the first civilized people?

• the Egyptians

• the Babylonians

• the Americans

• the Sumerians

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Sumerian kings derived their authority from

• the will of the people.

• the gods.

• success in athletic tournaments.

• parliamentary councils which selected their leaders.

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Sumerian kings derived their authority from

• the will of the people.

• the gods.

• success in athletic tournaments.

• parliamentary councils which selected their leaders.