7th Grade Social Studies First Semester Review

What feature is represented by the letter B?

• West Bank
• Gaza Strip
• Suez Canal
• Persian Gulf

What feature is represented by the letter D?

• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Jordan River
• Persian Gulf

What body of water do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into?

• Red Sea
• Persian Gulf
• Suez Canal 
• Arabian Sea

Why is the Suez Canal so important to international trade?

• It is the only waterway leading to the Persian Gulf
• It makes it possible for ships to get to the Mediterranean to from the Arabian Sea without navigating around Africa
• It is the only canal ships can travel through without having to pay a tax
• The Suez Canal connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, which makes it less expensive to ship products to other parts of Southwest Asia. 

What country is represented by number 4?

• Saudi Arabia
• Israel
• Turkey
• Iraq

Why is water Pollution a great concern in SouthWest Asia?

• Clean drinking water is scarce

• Economy is dependent on exporting water

• It Reduces amount of Electricity

• Its needed for goods transport

Which Two southwest Asian Countries have come to conflict over building dams on the Euphrates.

• Iraq and Iran

• Saudi Arabia and Iran

• Iraq and Turkey

• Saudi Arabia and Turkey

Which of these Nations has Not had their water security threatened by supply interrutions from the Tigris Euphrates Basin?

• Iraq

• Israel

• Syria

• Turkey

Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants.

• Bedoins

• Oasis

• Scarcity

• Dams

______is a government that is ruled by one person such as a monarch or dictator.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy