Unit 6 Test Corrections

According to the information in the excerpt, one factor that has influenced cultural change in Southwest Asia has been —

• religious leaders

• trade relationships

• political revolutions

• technological advances

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers' yearly floods improve agricultural by providing ___________ to the land surrounding the rivers.

• copper deposits

• fertile soil

• desertification

• poor farmland

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 letter indicates the nation of Egypt?

• c

• D

• A

• B

How has the distribution of natural resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa affected economic patterns in the region?

• A growing lumber industry has developed in the region

• The region is home to many factories producing exports

• A majority of the people living in the region work in diamond mines.

• Some nations in the region have significant wealth from the sale of oil

How do the geographic features on the map most likely influence the economies of nations in the region?

• Agricultural production is significantly limited

• Trade with southern African nations is relatively easy.

• Most nations of the region are wealthy from oil exports.

• Mining and gemstone production form a substantial portion of many economies of the region

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

Which major 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 factor is most responsible for unifying Southwest Asia and North Africa as a culture region?

• Islamic religion

• Persian language

• Similar architecture

• Theocratic governments

Most of the current political boundaries in Southwest Asia resulted from the ---

• establishment of Israel for Jews

• events of the Arab Spring in Egypt

• ethnic conflicts that began in Palestine

• divisions created after the First World War