Western Asia Quiz

What are the major rivers of Western Asia?

• Danube and Rhine

• Mississippi and Missouri

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Amazon

What modern country makes up most of Ancient Mesopotamia?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Turkey

• Armenia

What straits control access to the Mediterranean and Black Seas?

• Strait of Malacca and Bosporus

• Bosporus and Dardanelles

• Strait of Hormuz and Suez Canal

• Strait of Gibraltar and Bosporus

Name 3 pre-Christianity West Asian civilizations

Which West Asian civilization remained Christians even after the growth of Islam?

• Hittites

• Byzantines

• Persians

• Sumerians

What modern-day countries exist where the Ottomans and Seljuks mainly ruled from?

• Turkey and Iran

• Iraq and Syria

• Armenia and Georgia

• Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan

What are the 3 major religious groups common in Western Asia?

• Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism

• Christianity, Sunni and Shi’ite Islam

• Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism

• Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism

What is the Enuma Elish?

• The religious text of Ancient Egypt

• The epic poem of Ancient Greece

• The historical chronicle of Ancient Rome

• The creation myth of Ancient Babylon

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about?

What are the 3 major mountain ranges in Western Asia?

• Taurus, Elburz, Zagros

• Alps, Appalachians, Urals

• Sierra Nevada, Cascade, Atlas

• Rocky, Andes, Himalayas