World Geography Ch. 18 Southwest Asia

The Strait of Hormuz is controlled by this country.

• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• Oman

People can float easily in this sea because of how much salt is in it.

• Red Sea
• Dead Sea
• Black Sea

These religions originated in Southwest Asia.

• Shintoism, Taoism, and Confucianism
• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism

The landscape of Southwest Asia is dominated by...

• grasslands, swamps, and marshes
• deserts, mountains, and plateaus
• tundra, glaciers, and ice caps

The Red Sea is supported by this canal.

• Panama Canal
• Suez Canal
• Erie Canal

The alluvial plain of the Middle East is centered between these two rivers.

• Nile and Amazon
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Danube and Rhine

One of the largest deserts in the world, winds have shaped it's reddish-orange sands into tower dunes.

• Gobi Desert
• Sahara Desert
• Arabian Desert

Most of Southwest Asia falls into this climate zone.

• Tropical
• Temperate
• Arid or semi-arid

Within the mountains of the Hindu Kush, temperature's will..

• increase
• fluctuate
• remain constant

The most abundant resource in Southwest Asia is....

• oil
• gold
• coal