North Africa, Central and Southwest Asia, Arabian Peninsula

What is the primary religion of this region?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Catholicism

What factors contributed to the Arabian Peninsula becoming the crossroads between Asia, Europe and Africa

• Silk from China

• Jewels, Cotton and Spices from India

• Ivory and Gold from Africa

• Glass and Gold from Rome

• Tobacco from America

Areas in the desert where freshwater is located are called

• Tropics

• Oases

• escarpments

• rainforests

The Arabian Peninsula’s natural freshwater supply is mostly from

• groundwater from deep beneath the surface

• Tigris River

• Jordan River

• Euphrates river

When did North Africa develop an educated middle class and begin following European ideas related to self-rule?

• Mid 1700s

• 1800s

• 1950s

• 1920s

What is the major river that has supported agricultural activities in modern-day Syria for nearly 7,000 years

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Jordan

• Nile

The Aswan Dam was built to

• irrigate crops in the desert areas

• control flooding to protect the communities

• provide drinking water for the populations

• reroute rivers to build new towns

The Arabian Shield is known for

• Having volcanoes

• Dry, arid land

• escarpments on the west coast

• humid, subtropical weather

What is an escarpment

• a flat area of land

• a low lying area between two tall peaks

• a long, steep slope

• the land near the mouth of a river with fertile soil

The biggest factor contributing to the varied levels of economic development across the Eastern Mediterranean subregion is the

• abundance of natural resources

• fights between cultural groups over land

• overpopulation of certain areas in the region.

• Uneven distribution of natural resources, such as oil and gas.