Middle East/Northern Africa Test Review

What country is #5

• Israel
• Syria
• Jordan
• Lebanon

What country is #16

• Iran
• Kuwait
• Afghanistan
• Iraq

What country is #17

• Turkey
• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Iran

Desalination plants are becoming more common in places which have experienced —

• an influx of refugees

• damaging earthquakes

• mass deforestation

• shortages of fresh water

The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to this body of water

• Persian Gulf

• Caribbean Sea

• Red Sea

• Caspian Sea

Muslims pray 5 times per day facing this city.

• Mecca

• Medina

• Jerusalem

• Mena

How often are Muslims required to make a pilgrimage to Mecca?

• every year

• every other year

• every year of their adulthood

• once in their lifetime

This organization has strengthened the global influence of oil producing nations.

• World Bank

• OPEC

• United Nations

• European Union

wealthy nations in Southwest Asia are able to address the lack of water is by —

• draining wetlands

• trading oil for irrigation

• constructing large dams

• building desalination plants

What is one thing that the religions of Judaism, Christianity & Islam have in common?

• Belief in one god

• worship in Mecca

• They all have the same Holy book

• they all follow Jesus' teachings