43(a) Impact of Location in SW Asia Remediation

Multiple Choice

Which describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia?

• moderate and cool
• tropical and wet
• windy and cold
• hot and dry

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Many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia are located on or near...

• deserts

• major rivers

• large grasslands

• mountain ranges

Multiple Choice

What river has caused conflict between Israel and its neighbors?

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Jordan

Multiple Choice

What are many countries in SW Asia lacking?

• fresh water

• salt water

• oil

• sand

Multiple Choice

Countries around which body of water have more oil reserves than anywhere else in the world?

• Jordan River

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Suez Canal

Multiple Choice

Most of SW Asia is covered in which type of land form?

• desert

• desalination

• salt water

• forest

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How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?

• Dams are too expensive to build to be practical

• Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream

• Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams

• Countries in Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers

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Why is there so much competition for fresh water in SW Asia?

• There is so much water that countries want to collect as much as they can to sell to countries facing droughts on other continents

• The water supply is distributed unevenly, and there is not enough water to support the needs of the people, so it must be used wisely

• The mountain and plateau regions take water from the desert regions because the deserts have a surplus

• There is water scarcity near rivers and coastlines

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Why do people in S.W. Asia live around rivers and waterways?

• people only live near oceans

• access to salt water for cooking

• people don't live in these areas

• access to freshwater for growing crops and for drinking

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Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?

• It allows ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.

• It connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it cheaper to ship oil to other parts of Southwest Asia.

• It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.

• It is Iraq’s only waterway to the Persian Gulf.

Multiple Choice

Throughout history, people living in the deserts of the Middle East have traditionally made their living by which of the following?

• farming

• mining and hired labor

• working in the oil industry

• trading and herding animals

Multiple Choice

Population density is generally higher in areas near?

• mountains

• water

• deserts

• canyons

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Why did people settle along the river valleys of SW Asia?

• fertile soil

• retail shops

• desalination

• specialization of trade

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What is a nomadic herder?

• a person that lives in the desert

• a person that travels through the desert to work in the oil industry

• a person with no permanent home that travels with a herd of animals looking for food and water

• a person that travels to the city during the week, but then returns to the desert on the weekend