Chapter 11 SW Asia

2. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are often considered parts of the same river system.

• True
• False

4. Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

• True
• False

1. Turkey has coasts on the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

• True
• False

5. The population of Southwest Asia is less than that of the United States.

• True
• False

7. landform created by sediment deposited during floods

• alluvial plain
• wadi
• WEst Bank
• Sunni
• Ramadan

6. one area at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict

• alluvial plain
• wadi
• West Bank
• Sunni
• Ramadan

8. one of two main branches of Islam

• alluvial plain
• wadi
• West Bank
• Sunni
• Ramadan

3. By about A.D.800, Islam extended from northern Africa into most of France.

• True
• False

10. streambed that is dry for much of the year

• alluvial plain
• wadi
• West Bank
• Sunni
• Ramadan

9. holy month of fasting for Muslims

• alluvial plain
• wadi
• west Bank
• Sunni
• Ramadan