World Geography Ch.18

What group came to power in Afghanistan during the 1990's?

• Taliban

• Palestinians

• Sumerians

• Muslims

The infrastructure of many cities in the region are...

• are strained by rapid increase in population

• do not adequately support the people that live there

• add to disease and poverty

• all the above

The ____ is the Islamic holy book.

• Quran

• Bible

• Torah

In Kazakhstan __________ led to radiation pollution.

• nuclear weapon testing

• fertilizer testing

• oil drilling

• desalination

The GPD of the region's wealthiest countries is based on what production

• petroleum

• oil

• crops

• weapons

Differences in customs, languages, and beliefs refers to the term...

• ethnic diversity

• geographic culture

• cultural diffusion

• ethnic groups

What are products derived from oil and natural gas?

• Petrochemicals

• nuclear weapons

• desalinated water

• crops

What rivers run through ancient

Mesopotamia, irrigated the

Fertile Crescent, and are two

of the longest rivers in this

region.

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Amu Darya

• Syr Darya

The "great man-made river," desalination projects, and the Aswan High Dam all show attempts to deal with the region's...

• water needs

• inability to fish

• need for saltwater

• flooding

The Persian Empire extended from the _____ to the ____.

• Nile River

• Euphrates

• Amu Darya

• Syr Darya