Chapter 8 Lesson 1

The Persian Gulf states have large deposits of petroleum?

• True
• False

An oasis is an area in a desert that has underground water?

• True
• False

The Strait of Hormuz is an important world waterway?

• True
• False

Population density is high in the Rub' al-Khali?

• True
• False

Eastern parts of Southwest Asia have a Mediterranean climate?

• True
• False

Earthquakes are rare in Southwest Asia?

• True
• False

The Khyber Pass allows travel through the Hindu Kush?

• True
• False

Mesopotamia covers most of Turkey?

• True
• False

The physical geography of Southwest Asia is dominated by __________?

• sandy deserts
• coastal plains
• mountains and plateaus
• long rivers

Since Egypt's Suez Canal was completed in 1869, the _________ has been one of the world's busiest waterways.

• Black Sea
• Dead Sea
• Arabian Sea
• Red Sea