North Africa and Middle East Geography Test Review

Member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia

• Harmattan

• Bedouins

The Silk Road was what?

• One road that was the color of silk. 
• A network of roads used for trading.
• A road that only silk was traded on.
• The name of the first road in Asia. 

Which is a Peninsula in the region? (Hint: More than 1)

• Sinai

• Anatolia

• Arabian

• Jutland

Which group harbored Al-Qaeda after 9/11 and is an Islamic Extremist Group?

• Taliban

• Israel

• Hamas

• Hezbollah

Countries from which continent had mostly colonized Africa?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Antarctica

True or False: Most people in the region live and survive in the desert.

• True

• False

True or False: In this region, the Countries are old, but the history is new.

• True

• False

Where is the Aswan Dam located?

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Turkey

Which is the major religion in the region?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

True or False: The only type of Islam is Sunni

• True

• False