Unit 06 Review

Improved communication among cultures usually results in cultural —

• inactivity

• crisis

• diffusion

• division

A POSITIVE example of cultural diffusion would be

• Demand for civic participation and human rights

• Christians in Africa killed by Muslim extremist groups in Kenya

• A mentally ill man killing a young father who offered him food

• England still having a queen after hundreds of years

fighting between Israel and Palestine began when

• Jewish moved in after WWI

• After Jewish moved in WWII

• When Iranians Arrived

Current political boundaries in Southwest Asia mainly resulted from

• after WWI

• after WWII

• as a result of Palestine

What river is the most important for Africa

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Rhine

• Rio Grande

The area shaded on the map is presently known as which of the following?

• Iran

• Egypt

• Kuwait

• Texas

What gives the most help for the Farmlands in Egypt

• River flooding deposits rich soil.

• Desert sand is good for crops.

• Seawater irrigates the land.

• Rainfall is high in the region.

When countries are landlocked, how does this affect their economic development?

• It makes it more difficult because they have to gain permission to access other regions.

• It provides for strong economic development because they can protect their goods.

• It provides strength and power to other regions.

• It provides for strong political relationships with trade partners

One way that officials in Saudi Arabia have adapted to a lack of water includes

• desalinization plants

• constructing dams

The Aswan Dam on the Nile River was built to

• control annual flooding

• assist ships traveling north

• end the need for irrigation