Southwest Asia Review

How many counties are in Southwest Asia?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

Why is most of the water in the area useless?

• It is too polluted

• It is salt water

• It is all underground

• It is too high in the mountains

In what body of water can a person float and not worry about fish bothering you?

• Dead Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

What two rivers are around Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Amazon

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Yellow and Ganges

• Suez and Sinai

What natural resource is causing so much trouble between the countries?

• Oil

• Coal

• Gold

• Water

What is most the climate like in Southwest Asia?

• Hot and Dry

• Hot and Wet

• Cold and Dry

• Cold and Wet

What is an oasis?

• An area where thousands of people go to vacation each year

• An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow

• A place where people can go to relax in the winter

• An area that is very dry with blowing sand dunes

What natural resource does Southwest Asia have more of than the entire rest of the world?

• Oil

• Coal

• Gold

• Water

Why was Mesopotamia such a good spot to settle?

• It had lots of wild animals

• It was surrounded by mountains that would protects them

• It was perfect to set up big cities on the flat rock

• It had two rivers to give water and silt to the land

What was one thing that was created in Sumer that we use now?

• Calendar

• Wheel

• Writing

• All of the Above