NASWA - The Northeast

Which of the following is NOT one of the three waterways that give Turkey control of shipping into and out of the Black Sea.

• Strait of Hormuz

• Dardanelles Strait

• Sea of Marmara

• Bosporus Strait

Which waterway serves as a transportation link between Iran and Asia?

• Black Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Mediteranean Sea

The Caspian Sea is shrinking.

• True

• False

The Tigris and Euphrates graudally converge in _____, almost touching near Baghdad.

• Turkey

• Iraq

• Iran

• Kuwait

Due to Turkey's dry climate and mild temperatures, _____ dominates the interior areas.

• marshes

• forest land

• deserts

• grasslands

One of the world's first culture hearths.

Of the three Northeast countries, only Iran is aligned militarily with Western Europe as a member of NATO and is seeking EU membership.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This is Turkey; Iran is currently a theocracy.

The majority of people living in Iraq have ethnic ties to the Arabian Peninsula.

• True

• False

Oil was discovered in the Persian Gulf waters southwest of Iran around 1900.

• True

• False

Sumerian architecture included _____, which were large, pyramid-shaped temples constructed of mud bricks.