North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia Test Review

What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

• "land of many animals"
• "fertile land"
• "land of first civilizations"
• "land between two rivers"

What separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa?

• North Sea and the Red Sea
• Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
• Red Sea and the Black Sea
• Black Sea and the Gulf of Aden

In which country is Earth's longest river located?

• Turkey
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran

A _________ climate receives an average of 10 inches (25cm) of rain or less per year.

• humid continental
• highlands
• desert
• Mediterranean

The economy of_________ suffers when oil prices drop.

• Saudi Arabia
• Libya
• Kuwait
• All of the above

Which is the largest landlocked body of salt water in the world?

• Persian Gulf
• Black Sea
• Red Sea
• Caspian Sea

What peninsula is Yemen located on?

• Sinai
• Arabian
• Anatolian
• Mediterranean

__________ is a way of life for people living in the steppe climate zone.

• pastoralism
• mining
• growing crops
• tourism

What country do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through?

• Yemen and Oman
• Egypt
• Syria and Iraq
• Chad and Libya

What do the Dardanelles and the Bosporus Straits connect?

• Black and Red Seas
• Mediterranean and Black Seas
• Aegean and Red Seas
• Caspian and Black Seas