Life on the Arabian Peninsula

What do Arabs call the desert, Rub al-Khali?

• Empty half

• Empty quarter

• Empty land

• No Man's Land

What two bodies of water is the Arabian Peninsula between?

• Red Sea and Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea and Yellow Sea

• Persian Gulf and the Yellow Sea

• Red Sea and Persian Gulf

Which of the following things about the Arabian Peninsula is NOT true?

• It receives very little rain

• It is covered mainly by deserts

• Only a small amount of land is able to be used for agriculture

• The deposit of silt after the river floods is very helpful to grow crops

Why are Bedouins nomads?

• A peace treaty after the war with the Sumerians stripped them of land rights

• There is too much farmland, and they can not choose one place to settle in

• There is little farmland, so they have to travel from place to place instead of settling permanently

• Oases typically dry up after 5 years, so they have to look for more places to settle next to

Which of the following is NOT a factor of where Bedouins settle or the path they follow?

• the landscape they must cross

• where other tribes have settled in the past

• location of an oasis

• amount of rainfall

What is something that could happen at an oasis?

• trading for food with people who have settled in this area

• war for water with people who have settled in this area

• Clans get territorial

• Exchange of disease

What is the name of the groups that Bedouins organized themselves into? This group is its own unit of government and provided security

• Guild

• Clan

• Herd

• Unit

What three continents is the Arabian Peninsula at a crossroads of?

• Asia, Africa, and Australia

• Africa, Asia, and China

• Africa, Asia, and North America

• Asia, Africa, and Europe

What did more people start to do by the early 600s?

• Moved to market towns or oases

• Became nomadic

Why were oases important for trade?

• They became important university hubs

• They became stops along the many trade routes that crossed the peninsula

• They each had a unique good to trade

• Important Indian rulers each owned a different oasis