SWANA Review #1

Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent are some of the earliest cradles of civilization because?

• Large oil deposits

• their holy sites

• abundant water and fertile land

• location as a crossroads of civilization

"The land where the sunsets" or Maghreb does not span which of the following countries?

• Israel

• Libya

• Egypt

• Algeria

The feature of the middle east most responsible for it's population distribution is?

• Abundance of oil

• Location of mountains

• Scarcity of water

• Variety of climates

The middle east is the birthplace to 3 of the 5 major world religions. Place them in order from oldest to youngest

• Judaism

  Islam

  Christianity

• Judaism

  Christianity

  Islam

• Christianity

  Islam

  Judaism

• Islam

  Judaism

  Christianity

Muslims pray 5 times a day facing this holy city.

• Baghdad

• Jerusalem

• Medina

• Mecca

During this holy month of fasting, Muslims are to abstain from food, drink, and tobacco during daylight hours?

• The feast of passover

• Advent

• Ramadan

• Purdah

This ancient middle eastern civilization developed an alphabet that greatly influenced ancient Greek and Latin writing?

• Phoenicians

• Hebrews

• Egyptians

• Hittites

Which of the following ancient civilizations was the first to master the use of iron?

• Hittites

• Greeks

• Assyrians

• Egyptians

Baghdad is the capital of?

• Yemen

• Iraq

• Israel

• Iran

Kabul is the capital of?

• Iran

• Oman

• Iraq

• Afghanistan