Southwest Asia and North Africa Vocabulary

A riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons.

• Wadi

• Mesopotamia

• Arab Spring

• Oasis

The monotheistic region of the Jews.

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Islam

• Judaism

A wave of pro-democracy uprisings spread throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia.

• Oasis

• Mesopotamia

• Arab Spring

• Hydropolitics

Belief in many gods.

• Judiasm

• Monotheism

• Mesopotamia

• Polytheism

A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation.

• Arab Spring

• Wadi

• Hydropolitics

• Oasis

The religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life is Islam.

• True

• False

The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ is Judaism.

• True

• False

The politics surrounding water access and usage rights is Hydropolitics.

• True

• False

Belief in one God is Polytheism.

• True

• False

Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is Oasis.

• True

• False