IBM 537 NORTHERN AFRICA & SOUTWESTERN ASIA QUIZ

What are the countries in Nile River Valley

• Egypt & Sudan

• Turkey & Syria

• Iran & Iraq

• Palestine & Yemen

What are the two environmental problems in Northern Africa & Southwestern Asia Region

• Salinization

• Oil pollution

• Threatened wildlife

• Natural hazards

These are oil-producing countries in Northern Africa & Southwestern Asia Region except

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

• Quwait

• Qatar

From the 1800s, the North African coastlands became colonies or protectorates of these three (3) countries after the opening of Suez canal in 1869

• France

• Italy

• Britain

• Portugal

In 1500s, Turkish Ottoman Empire under _ conquered the Mediterranean coastland as far as Morocco & took much of Balkan Europe.

• Sulayman The Magnificent

• Stalin

• Vladimir I Lenin

• Ottoman Turks

Three (3) countries in Arab Southwest Asia subregion ​

• United Arab Emirates

• Syria

• Yemen

• Palestine

These are the global organizations under northern africa and southwestern asia region except ;

• OPEC

• SAARC

• PLO

• OIC