Middle East & N. Africa

What major river runs through Egypt?

• Tigris
• Nile
• Euphrates
• Huron

What natural resource has brought significant business investment to the middle east?

• Oil
• Coal
• Water
• Good soil

What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?

• water

• oil/petroleum

• diamonds

• arable cropland

The predominant religion of the Middle East is _____________.

• Christianity

• Catholicism

• Islam

• Animism

What word means to believe in many gods?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Buddhism

What is the belief in one god called?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Buddhism

A type of government where church and state are NOT separate. The head of the government is also the head of the religion.

• democracy
• communism
• theocracy
• oligarchy

The Middle East is covered mostly by _______________.

• Desert

• Mountains

• Grasslands

• Tundra

Most Middle Eastern countries suffer from a lack of _______________.

• Music

• Water

• Oil

• Sand

This map best represents –

• North Africa

• Southwest Asia

• Central Asia

• all of the above