SWA/NA CFA Review

As a result of the spread of Islam in the region, many people living in Southwest Asia and North Africa

• Speak Arabic

• Trade Spices

• Worship many gods

• Live in nomadic tribes

After the Second World War, many Jewish people migrated to which newly established country because of long, traditional links to the region?

• Israel

• Jordan

• Lebanon

• Syria

Which number indicates the location of the Arabian Peninsula?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4

Which major physical geographic factor dominates nations in the region of North Africa and Southwest Asia?

• A huge fresh water sea

• A set of high mountains

• A system of large canyons

• A collection of vast deserts

Which number indicates the location of Iraq?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

IrWhat letter indicates the location of Iran?

• A

• B

• C

• D

How does the geographic pattern shown on the chart influence the relationship between

nations in Southwest Asia?

• The amount of oil reserves fosters cooperation between these nations.

• An unequal distribution of oil reserves gives some nations more power.

• Dependency on oil reserves has encouraged trade between these nations.

• Large oil reserves in the region make the nations dependent on one another.

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

• building desalinization plants

• planting drought resistant crops

• elevating homes to avoid flooding

• constructing dams on major rivers

The primary reason the Aswan Dam was built on the Nile River was to —

• control annual flooding

• assist ships traveling north

• end the need for irrigation

• provide a lake for recreation

Many nations in the world established trade relationships with countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa because of the —

• growth in the population of the world

• increasing demand for oil in the world

• lack of water resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa

• decrease in agricultural outputs in Southwest Asia and North Africa