Unit 8 Review: Southwest and Central Asia and North Africa

What technology is used to create freshwater in this region?

• refining

• desalination

• drip irrigation

• automobiles

How is crude oil turned into useful products?

• refining the oil by heating it and cooling it

• removing the salt from sea water

• getting the water to the root of the plant

• using simply machines like a shaduf to move water from the river to the fields

What is a group of nations that have come together to regulate (control) the price and supply of oil?

• OSHA

• OPEC

• WHO

• NATO

What is an example of a technology used in Southwest and Central Asia to help conserve water?

• Shaduf

• Noria

• drip irrigation

• refinery

Government policies, laws or diplomatic activity concerning control over / use of a water source.

• restrictions

• Zionism

• self-determination

• hydro politics

Which choke point impacted global trade by shortening the distance between Asia and Europe, and decreasing the price of goods?

• Suez Canal

• Strait of Malacca

• Panama Canal

• The Turkish Straits

Government that is run by religious leaders, no legal separation between church and state.

• Monarchy - Great Britain

• Republic - United States

• Theocracy - Iran

• Totalitarian System - Iraq (Saddam Hussein)

oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground

• petroleum

• crude oil

• natural gas

• oil reserves

What is the primary difference between the two branches within Islam?

• Who should be the leader after Muhammad died

• The need to do to Mecca once before a follower of Islam dies

• What religious laws should be followed

• Who controls Jeresalem

Which religion has the majority in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Judaism