Unit 6 Review

As a result of Muslim conquests during the Middle Ages, many people living in Southwest Asia and North Africa —

• Speak Arabic

• Trade spices

• worship many gods`

• live in nomadic places

After the Second World War, many Jewish people migrated to which newly established country because of long, traditional links to the region?

• Israel

• Jordan

• Lebanon

• Syria

How has the distribution of natural resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa affected economic patterns in the region?

• A growing lumber industry has developed in the region.

• The region is home to many factories producing exports.

• A majority of the people living in the region work in diamond mines.

• Some nations in the region have significant wealth from the sale of oil.

How do deserts influence the economies of nations in the Middle East Region?

• Trade with southern African nations is relatively easy.

• Agricultural production is significantly limited.

• Mining and gemstone production form a substantial portion of many economies of

  the region.

• Most nations of the region are wealthy from oil exports.

The efforts of King Hassan II and Disney engineers to construct the Morocco pavilion is an example of —

• the blending of two cultures that create a new culture

• the conflicts that emerge when different cultures mix together

• the benefits of cooperation between different cultures

• the challenges of communicating between people of different cultures

Which major geographic factor dominates nations in the region of North Africa and

Southwest Asia?

• A huge fresh water sea

• A set of high mountains

• A system of large canyons

• A collection of vast deserts

Which geographic factors have most influenced the agricultural output in Southwest Asia?

• Sahara and Sinai deserts

• Persian Gulf and Red Sea

• Suez Canal and Straits of Hormuz

• Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers

One way that officials in Saudi Arabia have adapted to a lack of water includes —

• building desalinization plants

• planting drought resistant crops

• elevating homes to avoid flooding

• constructing dams on major rivers

The primary reason the Aswan Dam was built on the Nile River was to —

• assist ships traveling north

• control annual flooding

• end the need for irrigation

• provide a lake for recreation

Many nations in the world established trade relationships with countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa because of the —

• growth in the population of the world

• increasing demand for oil in the world

• lack of water resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa

• decrease in agricultural outputs in Southwest Asia and North Africa