Unit 4: SW ASIA MINI TEST Review

The climate of Southwest Asia has led much of the region to experience a scarcity of ______________

• trading

• oil production

• water

• desalination plants

Desalination is one reason that this body of water where the Jordan River empties is drying up

• Lake Geneva

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Dead Sea

This 25 mile territory has been a source of dispute between Isreal and its neighbours for many years

• Gaza Strip

• Starit of Hormuz

• Persian Gulf

• Suez Canal

Most of the world's oil is shipped through this narrow body of water

• Strait of Gibralter

• Strait of Hormuz

• Bering Strait

• Suez Canal

Disputes over what natural resources are problematic for many Southwest Asia countries?

• oil and water

• diamonds and natural gas

• water and diamonds

• oil and diamonds

What non-renewable natural resource has contibuted to the growth of the Middle east?

• oil

• timber

• water

• cotton

The process of removing salt and silt from waterto make it drinkable and suitable for farming is called

• desalination

• absorption

• naturalization

• extraction

Who is a common prophet to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

• Jesus

• Muhammed

• Mary

• Abraham

Large reserves of what other fuel can be found in Southwest Asia?

• Uranium

• wood

• natural gas

• hydrogen

The one nation in Southwest Asia that does not have a majority Muslim population is

• Qatar

• Oman

• Isreal

• Bahrain