Unit 5 Part 2

The deserts that cover most of the Arabian Peninsula have significant

• rainfall in the monsoon season.

• winds that bring deadly heat and choking dust.

• water reserves that well up in oases.

• resources in the form of gold, copper, limestone, and marble.

The Arabian Peninsula is surrounded by

• important shipping routes.

• warring neighbors.

• oceans and rivers.

• mountains

The most important resources on the Arabian Peninsula are

• freshwater and gold.

• gold and diamonds.

• oil and freshwater.

• diamonds and oil.

Which of the following correctly describes the Red Sea?

• It forms the Arabian Peninsula’s eastern boundary and is widening as tectonic plates separate.

• It forms the Arabian Peninsula’s eastern boundary and is narrowing as tectonic plates collide.

• It forms the Arabian Peninsula’s western boundary and is widening as tectonic plates separate.

• It forms the Arabian Peninsula’s western boundary and is narrowing as tectonic plates collide.

Wadis are unreliable sources of water because

• so many people and animals compete for their limited supply that they get used up.

• so little rain falls that they are often dry and empty

• such high temperatures cause water to evaporate more quickly than their underground sources can fill them.

• such steep escarpments surround them that it is dangerous to approach most wadis.

Most of the countries in Central Asia are ___, meaning they have no access to the sea.

• low-lying

• mountainous

• landlocked

• peninsular

Because of the tectonic activity that created its mountainous terrain, much of Central Asia is prone to frequent

• monsoons

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• drought

What once-large sea has shrunk to several small disconnected bodies of water due to the diversion of water for the irrigation of fields?

• The Aral Sea

• The Caspian Sea

• The Black Sea

• The Red Sea

The ___ Mountains in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan separate the Caspian and the Black Seas.

• Ural

• Hindu Kush

• Altay Shan

• Caucasus

Central Asia’s main rivers, the Amu Dar’ya and the Syr Dar’ya, flow into what body of water?

• Lake Balkhash

• The Caspian Sea

• The Aral Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea