Southwest Asia Review

Connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Strait of Hormuz

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

Oldest monotheistic religion

• Islam

• Sikhism

• Christianity

• Judaism

Monotheistic
Qu'ran (Koran)
Muhammed
Five Pillars of Faith

• Islam
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Buddhism

Arid and Semiarid climate is the most common in North Africa and Southwest Asia

• True

• False

Human activities, long droughts, and overgrazing cause-

• Global Warming
• Wind Storms
• Desertification
• Floods

A series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010's

• Real Politik Revolution

• Bolsheviks Revolution

• Arab Spring

• La Resistance

The #1 natural resource in this region is

• Coal

• Cotton

• Gold

• Oil

The Red Sea & the Mediterranean Sea is connected by

• Suez Canal
• Bosporus Strait
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Strait of Hormuz

North Africa & Southwest Asia depend mostly on _____________ economic activities. 

• Quaternary
• Tertiary
• Secondary
• Primary

The process of turning salt water into fresh water is

• Liquifying
• Desalinization
• Irrigation converter
• Vaporizing