North Africa/SW Asia ( Middle East) Week 1 Review:

Which two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?

• Atlantic Ocean and Red Sea
• Indian and Pacific Oceans
• Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
• Mediterranean and Red Sea

What event led to the creation of a Jewish country?

• Holocaust
• Syrian Civil War
• Arab Spring
• Persian Gulf War

What was the result of Israel declaring independence?

• Palestinians immediately started emmigrating
• The United States declared this illegal
• Neighboring Arab countries invaded
• A second Holocaust began

Mesopotamia was an early civilization that was in the "Fertile Crescent" of the Middle East. Why was the Fertile Crescent important to this area?

• It wasn't important to Mesopotamia or anything else in the Middle East.

• It is a shape of a boomerang that is along the two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East which provides agriculture.

• It is a moon shaped piece of land that only certain rulers were allowed to use for their herds of animals

• The area was good to build a civilization near because it allowed transportation of manufactured goods.

Where do most people live in SW Asia / Middle East?

• In the desert, because land is cheaper

• In the mountains, because the temperature is cooler

• On large farms, because most people rely on agriculture

• Near rivers / coastlines, because people need access to water

What nation is this?

• Afghanistan

• Egypt

• Turkministan

• Iraq

What nation is this?

• Tajikistan

• Algeria

• Morocco

• Libya

What country is this?

• Lebanon

• Iraq

• Libya

• Egypt

What country is this?

• Yemen

• Iraq

• Libya

• Saudi Arabia

What country is this?

• Israel

• Egypt

• Syria

• Kuwait