Southwest Asia/North Africa Geography

What geographic region is shown on the map?

• South Africa

• Southwest Asia/Middle East

• North America

• North Africa

What is the largest country in North Africa

• Algeria

• Turkey

• Russia

• Egypt

The Nile river flows through which North Africa country?

• Saudi Arabia

• Yemen

• Egypt

• Iran

Name these two rivers, located in a region known as Mesopotamia. 

• Andes-Amazon

• Danube-Volga

• Tigris-Euphrates

• Arabian-Iraqi

What are the two most popular resources in both regions?

• Oil and phosphates

• Oil and Natural Gas

• Natural gas and uranium

• Oil and gold

As a result of the spread of Islam in the region, many people living in Southwest Asia and North Africa-

• speak Arabic

• trade spices

• worship many gods

• live in nomadic tribes

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

Based on the information in the chart, which of the following is characteristic of the availability of oil in South Asia?

• Southwest Asia has some of the world’s largest oil reserves.

• The distribution of oil reserves in Southwest Asia is unequal.

• Many nations in Southwest Asia are dependent on the oil industry.

• The largest nations in Southwest Asia have the smallest oil reserves

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share what common trait:

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Nothing

• Belief that Jesus was the Messiah 

Southwest Asia was the birthplace of which 3 major religions?

• christianity, buddhism, sheiikism

• Judaism, Islam, buddhism

• Islam, judaism, christianity

• Judaism, christianity, hinduism